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by: Michael Cadnum  List Price: $6.99 Price: $1.96 You Save: $5.03 (72%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN: 9780141306384 ISBN: 0141306386 Label: Puffin Manufacturer: Puffin Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: December 01, 1999 Publisher: Puffin Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Puffin Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: No one has ever bested Geoffrey, the Sheriff of Nottingham--until the day a new villain appears in the forest. Cunning, treacherous, and, against all expectations, a man to respect, his name is Robin Hood. Their deadly game of cat and mouse begins--and the Sheriff's life will never be the same. Acclaimed young adult author Michael Cadnum's subtle, evocative prose is sure to leave readers spellbound. "A stunning tour de force, beautifully written, in which Michael Cadnum turns the legend of Robin Hood inside out....In a Dark Wood may well become that rare thing--an enduring piece of literature." --Robert Cormier, author of The Chocolate War * A Puffin Novel * 256 pages * Ages 14 up Average Rating:
 Rating:  - An Intriguing Adaptation of Robin HoodA Review by Steffi In a Dark Wood is a version of the story of Robin Hood. Only this interpretation has a twist; it¹s in the Sheriff of Nottingham¹s perspective. In this book you get to know more about the sheriff's (known as Geoffrey) story and what conflicts he faces. He is portrayed as a cold man not wanting to feel emotion, but the reader learns that he has a hidden heart, rarely exposed. A particular example of this is he can¹t express how he looks upon his squire, Hugh, as a son. ... Read More Rating: - I highly recommend this book to readers old and young alike!This rich and complex story tells the story of Robin Hood, from the viewpoint of Geoffrey, the Sheriff of Nottingham. Geoffrey himself is a complex man. He is a product of his time, taught to reverence God and yet use horrifying violence when necessary. But he feels himself torn; he cannot measure up to the level of purity that his religion demands, and too softhearted to mete out the cruelty that his duty requires. And when that laughing rogue, Robin Hood, wanders into his jurisdiction, Geoffrey finds ... Read More Rating: - The sheriff's viewpointA somewhat philosophical novel giving the sheriff's viewpoint of Robin Hood. It gives a realistic picture of the era, when torture was routine and common people could be abused with little recourse (the Magna Carta dealt with nobels' rights). King John orders the sheriff to deal with Robin Hood, whom the sheriff had been ignoring as a petty nuisance. The sheriff has other problems closer to home than the king's highway, including his personal love life, wandering pigs, local thieves, and tax ... Read More Rating: - Shadows of the heartThe YA imprint and miniscule dimensions of this book give it the appearance of being lightweight, but that would be a mistaken impression. It is adult, if not graphically so, and although it is short, it is packed with complexity of texture and character development. I was afraid, upon approaching this book, that it would be no more complicated than a simple reversal of the Robin Hood legend; that the entire thrust of the book would be to prove that the sheriff was not so bad after all, a sort ... Read More Rating:  - DisappointingNow I know why all the books are about Robin Hood, instead of the Sheriff of Nottingham. To be honest, I was disappointed in this book. The two things I liked best about it were the title and the original idea: the Robin Hood legend from the Sheriff of Nottingham's view point. It sounded so very promising. But the plot turned out to be very thin. The characterisation and the descriptions were very good, however, hence the two stars instead of one. The author very vividly paints his characters ... Read More 
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