Watership Down by Richard Adams is a true classic.This stirring tale of courage and survival against the odds has become one of the best-loved animal adventures of all time.'We've got to go away before it's too late.'Fiver was only a small rabbit, but he had a sixth sense and foresaw that disaster was about to destroy the warren. Few believed him.Led by his brother Hazel, a small band of rabbits set out on a perilous journey to find a safe home. Fiver's intuition finally leads them to Watership Down. But here they encounter the greatest threat of all.Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize'A gripping story of rebellion in a rabbit warren and the subsequent adventures of the rebels. Adams has a poetic eye and a gift for storytelling which will speak to readers of all ages for many years to come'Sunday Times'A masterpiece. The best story about wild animals sinceThe Wind in the Willows. Very funny, exciting, often moving'Evening Standard**'A great book. A whole world is created, perfectly real in itself, yet constituting a deep incidental comment on human affairs'GuardianRichard Adams grew up in Berkshire, the son of a country doctor. After an education at Oxford, he spent six years in the army and then went into the Civil Service. He originally began telling the story ofWatership Downto his two daughters and they insisted he publish it as a book. It quickly became a huge success with both children and adults, and won theGuardianChildren's Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal in 1972. Richard Adams has written many novels and short stories, includingShardikandThe Plague Dogs.Amazon.com ReviewWatership Downhas been a staple of high-school English classes for years. Despite the fact that it's often a hard sell at first (what teenager wouldn't cringe at the thought of 400-plus pages of talking rabbits?), Richard Adams's bunny-centric epic rarely fails to win the love and respect of anyone who reads it, regardless of age. Like most great novels,Watership Downis a rich story that can be read (and reread) on many different levels. The book is often praised as an allegory, with its analogs between human and rabbit culture (a fact sometimes used to goad skeptical teens, who resent the challenge that they won't "get" it, into reading it), but it's equally praiseworthy as just a corking good adventure.The story follows a warren of Berkshire rabbits fleeing the destruction of their home by a land developer. As they search for a safe haven, skirting danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band and its compelling culture and mythos. Adams has crafted a touching, involving world in the dirt and scrub of the English countryside, complete with its own folk history and language (the book comes with a "lapine" glossary, a guide to rabbitese). As much about freedom, ethics, and human nature as it is about a bunch of bunnies looking for a warm hidey-hole and some mates,Watership Downwill continue to make the transition from classroom desk to bedside table for many generations to come.--Paul HughesReview...stunning, compulsive reading Sunday Times ...a proper grown-up novel for children The Times