Uki and the Outcasts by Kieran Larwood
“Many of you will be familiar with The Legend of Podkin One Ear. This is the fourth book in the series: whilst still set in the Five Realms, the attention now turns to another legendary rabbit, Uki Patchwork. Rejected by his village and left to die, Uki is given life and unique powers by a long-buried spirit…and a mission. Joined by two other outcasts – an assassin who refuses to kill people and a very short rabbit who rides the fastest jerboa on the plains – Uki must capture the Spirit of War before rabbitkind destroys itself. I can’t recommend this series highly enough. Kieran Larwood’s stories are so well crafted and as a reader you are completely drawn into the imaginary rabbit worlds that he has created (complete with maps!). The best way I can describe it is a cross between the Hobbit and Watership Down. If you’ve not yet discovered these books, you MUST read them. I can’t wait to read the fifth book!”