This is the story of how a band of misfit outlaws become heroes of legend – thanks to one brave 13-year-old boy.ġ. Among them are Gilbert, their cruel leader a giant named John Little a drunkard named Rob and Much, an orphan girl disguised as a bandit boy. Will flees the only home he’s ever known into neighboring Sherwood Forest, where he joins the elusive gang of bandits known as the Merry Men. While his father, Lord Shackley, has been on the Crusades with King Richard, a treacherous plot to unseat Richard has swept across England, and Shackley House has fallen. Once the sheltered son of nobility, Will has become an exile. I mean, who doesn’t love a Robin Hood story? Anyway, it completely lived up to my expectations, and I’ll be passing it along to my son, too. I’d read two books by Matthew Cody before–POWERLESS and THE DEAD GENTLEMAN–and I’d been meaning to read WILL IN SCARLET. Mason & filed under Middle Grade Review, Reviews.Įarlier this year our school librarian was thinning out the shelves to make room for new books, and I quickly scooped up a book by a familiar author. a nice addition to the Robin Hood canon.Posted Jby Michelle I. “There’s action, adventure and humor here. “Cody offers a rewarding historical novel with the appealing possibility of more to come featuring Will and his companions.” - Booklist action-packed and thoughtful adventure story.” - School Library Journal “Where the story really shines is in the fully developed characters. “The punches packed in this historical tale are both physical and emotional.
This is the story of how a band of misfit outlaws become heroes of legend - thanks to one brave 13-year-old boy. Will flees the only home he’s ever known into neighboring Sherwood Forest, where he joins the elusive gang of bandits known as the Merry Men. Among them are Gilbert, their cruel leader a giant named John Little a drunkard named Rob and Much, an orphan girl disguised as a bandit boy.
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