Richard Adams' timeless classic, the tale of a band of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world--now in a gorgeous new package designed for the modern reader.

A worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Watership Down is one of the most beloved novels of all time. Set in England's Downs, a once idyllic rural landscape, this stirring tale follows a band of very special creatures on their flight from the intrusion of man and the certain destruction of their home. Led by a stouthearted pair of brothers, they journey from their native Sandleford Warren, through the harrowing trials posed by predators and adversaries, and toward the dream of a mysterious promised land and a more perfect society.

Review Citations:

• Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 129 (EAN 9780743277709, Paperback)
• Newsweek 04/28/2008 pg. 14 (EAN 9780743277709, Paperback)
• Newsweek 12/08/2008 pg. 14 (EAN 9780743277709, Paperback)
• Wilson Children's Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780743277709, Paperback)
• Wilson Fiction Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780743277709, Paperback)
• Wilson Middle/Jr. High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780743277709, Paperback)
• Wilson Senior High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780743277709, Paperback)
• Wilson Children's Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780684836058, Hardcover)
• Wilson Fiction Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780684836058, Hardcover)
• Wilson Middle/Jr. High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780684836058, Hardcover)
• Wilson Senior High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780684836058, Hardcover)
• Booklist 12/15/1997 pg. 695 (EAN 9780027000306, Hardcover)
• Booklist 12/15/1997 pg. 695 (EAN 9780380002931, Mass Market Paperbound)
• Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 976 (EAN 9780380002931, Mass Market Paperbound)
• Audio File 08/01/2011 pg. 35 (EAN 9781441737496, Compact Disc)

Contributor Bio:Adams, Richard
Richard Adams (1920-2016) was educated at Bradfield College and Worcester College, Oxford. He served in the Second World War and in 1948 joined the civil service. In the mid-1960s he completed his first novel, Watership Down, for which he struggled for several years to find a publisher. It was eventually awarded both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award for children's fiction for 1972. He would go on to publish several more books, including Shardik, Tales from Watership Down, Maia, The Plague Dogs, and The Girl in a Swing.

Contributor Bio:Miller, Madeline
Madeline Miller is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Song of Achilles, which won the Orange Women's Prize for Fiction 2012, and Circe, which was short-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019. Her books have been translated into over thirty-two languages.

About the Author

Richard Adams (1920-2016) was educated at Bradfield College and Worcester College, Oxford. He served in the Second World War and in 1948 joined the civil service. In the mid-1960s he completed his first novel, Watership Down, for which he struggled for several years to find a publisher. It was eventually awarded both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Award for children's fiction for 1972. He would go on to publish several more books, including Shardik, Tales from Watership Down, Maia, The Plague Dogs, and The Girl in a Swing.

Madeline Miller is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Song of Achilles, which won the Orange Women's Prize for Fiction 2012, and Circe, which was short-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019. Her books have been translated into over thirty-two languages.