Book Description
In this magical, spine-tingling account, the heroic tale of Robin Hood is retold as never before. At the start, in a dream-like sequence of time-travel, a boy of today discovers a human skull beneath the roots of a giant oak tree which has been upturned after a fierce storm - and suddenly is encompassed by the ancient world of Sherwood Forrest. He is plunged at once into a life of poverty and oppression. With his mother dead from starvation and his father blinded by the Sheriff of Nottingham, the young Robin falls in with the Outcasts, a motley assortment of misfits, who would cut your thoat as soon as look at you. Michael Murpurgo's inspiring story has a power and pingnancy which will appeal to readers of all ages. In collaboration with artist Michael Foreman - whose art soars from the page - this Robin of Sherwood combines contemporary relevance with dramatic excitment from beginning to end.
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