Author: Jacques, Brian
Interest age: from c 9 years 
Published 03/08/2006 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Red Fox) in the United Kingdom as part of the Redwall series 
Paperback | 352 pages
The first book in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga - soon to be a major Netflix movie!Redwall Abbey, tranquil home to a community of peace-loving mice, is threatened by the evil, one-eyed rat warlord Cluny the Scourge and his battle-hardened horde of predators. Cluny is certain that Redwall will fall easily to his fearsome army but he hasn't bargained for the courage and strength of the Redwall mice and their loyal woodland friends . . .
One of TIME magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time'Not since Roald Dahl have children filled their shelves so compulsively' - The Times