Will in Scarlet

by Matthew Cody

In the late 1100s, thirteen-year-old Will, the future Lord of Shackley, is exiled to Sherwood Forest, where he meets Robin Hood and the Merry Men and bands with them to try retake Shackley Castle.

• ISBN10: 0375899804
• ISBN13: 9780375899805
• Publish Date: 8 October 2013 (first published 1 January 2013)
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

[elvinagb]

This is a great re-telling of the legend of Robin Hood from the story of young 13 year old William Shackley. Young Will’s father, Lord Shackley, has been on the Crusades with King Richard and is now a prisoner with the King in Austria. As they wait for a ransom to be paid, the King’s brother, Prince John, is plotting to take the crown from his brother.
Will is forced to leave his home and finds himself taken hostage, by a gang of thieves in Sherwood Forest known as the Merry Men. Will soon finds that in order to save himself and his home he must join this gang of misfits and become a highway bandit.
This book has it all, action, adventure, sword play and marauding wolves and maybe the beginnings of a romance. A great middle school grade novel.
I received this for free in exchange for an honest review through NetGalley.