New York Times bestselling author Robin McKinley's vivid retelling of the classic story of Robin Hood breathes contemporary life into these beloved adventures-with Marian taking a pivotal role as one of Robin's best archers.

Robin is an apprentice forester in the woods of Nottingham. The arrows he makes and sells earn barely enough extra coin to retain the title to his father's small lands. The sheriff of Nottingham's jealousy toward Robin's father is just as fierce towards his son, and the sheriff's men take every opportunity to harass the young woodsman. But when Robin defends himself by accidentally killing one of the sheriff's men, he flees to Sherwood Forest, knowing that he has not only lost his father's land and good name forever, but that he will live the rest of his days as a hunted man.

But his friends Much, the miller's son, and Lady Marian, Saxon daughter of the half-Norman lord who despises his Saxon blood, believe the disaster that has befallen Robin is also an opportunity: An opportunity for a few stubborn Saxons, cast out or outlawed in ways equally unjust, to gather together in secret under Robin's leadership and strike back against the arrogance and brutality of the Norman overlords.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 10/04/2005
ISBN: 9780441013258
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.52w x 0.98d

Review Citations: Ingram Children's Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 83

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 75590 / Outlaws of Sherwood
Reading Level: 6.9 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 19