There had always been otters in the stream running through Farthing Wood - and that had never been a problem for the other animals before: both sets of animals were happy to leave each other alone.But when there is a shortage of fish in the stream, the otters take to coming ashore for new prey - and that is a problem. Suddenly, the Farthing Wood animals have to compete for food - and they don't like it. Lean Vixen and the others are determined not to starve, and that means deciding on a plan to drive the otters out once and for all . . .

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Farthing Wood .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published in 2011 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .

Colin Dann won the Arts Council National Award for Children's Literature for his first novel, The Animals of Farthing Wood.