Hawksmaid : the untold story of Robin Hood and Maid Marian / Kathryn Lasky.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Harper, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 292 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0060000716
- 9780060000714
- Birds of prey -- Juvenile fiction
- Falconry -- Juvenile fiction
- Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction
- Maid Marian (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Middle Ages -- Juvenile fiction
- Robin Hood (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction
- Great Britain -- History -- John, 1199-1216 -- Juvenile fiction
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | Lasky, Kathryn | Available | 33111005452988 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Before she was Maid Marian, she was Matty. . . .
Matty has been raised to dance well, embroider exquisitely, and marry nobly. But when Matty's mother is murdered before her very eyes and her father, a nobleman, is reduced to poverty, Matty's life changes.
As the daughter of Nottingham's most famous falconer, she finds a new destiny in the hawks her father keeps. She begins to understand their thoughts and even speak their language. The beautiful merlin Marigold becomes Matty's closest winged companion and her fiercest ally.
It is a treacherous time in England. The sheriff of Nottingham is rising to power, and a true king has been kidnapped. Determined to fight, Matty's friend Fynn becomes Robin Hood. As Maid Marian, Matty joins Fynn and his Merry Men, famously robbing from the rich to give to the poor.
You thought that you knew the legend, but this is the untold story. Bestselling author Kathryn Lasky soars to magnificent new heights here, giving us a bold tale of bravery and romance.
In twelfth-century England, Matty grows up to be a master falconer, able to communicate with the devoted birds who later help her and Fynn, also known as Robin Hood, to foil Prince John's plot to steal the crown.
Age 10-up.