Book description
The author retells the adventures of Robin Hood and his band of outlaws who live in Sherwood Forest in twelfth-century England.
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1 author picked The Outlaws of Sherwood as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I grew as a person after reading Outlaws of Sherwood, largely because McKinley penned this mythic retelling of the story in such an introspective way.
I realized that life was grounded in reality, not in the fantastical, possibly “legendary” things that are said about us… or done to us. I also realized the difficult choices I had to make in the midst of conflict didn’t entirely define me—though they might in the eyes of everyone else.
What was more influential to my own life story (and vitally important) was my own inner perspective—the way I viewed myself, the way…
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