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Outlaws of Sherwood Street #2
Giving to the Poor
A modern-day Robin Hood by a New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author!
Robbie Forester has learned the hard way that life isn’t fair. So have her friends Ashanti, Silas and Tut-Tut. But Robbie and her friends—who call themselves the Outlaws of Sherwood Street—want to change that.
When Sheldon Gun, an evil business man, ends up killing Silas’s father so he can build a new apartment complex in Brooklyn, the Outlaws know it’s up to them to make Sheldon Gun pay. With street smarts, Silas’s inventions, and a little help from a charm bracelet, these friends know they can take on Sheldon Gun and win—at least, they hope so. If not, they may end up just like Silas’s dad. This story is filled with action, adventure, social justice and great friends--and is especially relevant during our current economy and the rise of the Occupy Everywhere movement. Perfect for fans of young detectives like Nancy Drew, Enola Holmes, and Gilda Joyce.
Peter Abrahams, who also writes the Chet & Bernie mysteries as Spencer Quinn, is the award-winning and best-selling author of the Echo Falls series as well as teen novels Reality Check and Bullet Point . His adult novel, The Fan , was turned into a feature film starring Robert DeNiro and Wesley Snipes. Stephen King has called Abrahams “my favorite American suspense novelist."
Robbie Forester has learned the hard way that life isn’t fair. So have her friends Ashanti, Silas and Tut-Tut. But Robbie and her friends—who call themselves the Outlaws of Sherwood Street—want to change that.
When Sheldon Gun, an evil business man, ends up killing Silas’s father so he can build a new apartment complex in Brooklyn, the Outlaws know it’s up to them to make Sheldon Gun pay. With street smarts, Silas’s inventions, and a little help from a charm bracelet, these friends know they can take on Sheldon Gun and win—at least, they hope so. If not, they may end up just like Silas’s dad. This story is filled with action, adventure, social justice and great friends--and is especially relevant during our current economy and the rise of the Occupy Everywhere movement. Perfect for fans of young detectives like Nancy Drew, Enola Holmes, and Gilda Joyce.
Peter Abrahams, who also writes the Chet & Bernie mysteries as Spencer Quinn, is the award-winning and best-selling author of the Echo Falls series as well as teen novels Reality Check and Bullet Point . His adult novel, The Fan , was turned into a feature film starring Robert DeNiro and Wesley Snipes. Stephen King has called Abrahams “my favorite American suspense novelist."
256 pages, Hardcover
First published May 16, 2013
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Peter Abrahams
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Peter Abrahams is an American author of crime fiction for both adults and children.
His book Lights Out (1994) was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel. Reality Check won the best young adult Edgar Award in 2011. Down the Rabbit Hole, first in the Echo Falls series, won the best children's/young adult Agatha Award in 2005. The Fan was adapted into a film starring Robert De Niro and directed by Tony Scott (1996).
His literary influences are Vladimir Nabokov, Graham Greene, and Ross Macdonald. Stephen King has referred to him as "my favorite American suspense novelist".
Born in Boston, Abrahams lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. He is married and has four children including Rosie Gray. He graduated from Williams College in 1968.
Peter Abrahams is also writing under the pseudonym Spencer Quinn (Chet and Bernie Mysteries).
Peter Abrahams is an American author of crime fiction for both adults and children.
His book Lights Out (1994) was nominated for an Edgar Award for best novel. Reality Check won the best young adult Edgar Award in 2011. Down the Rabbit Hole, first in the Echo Falls series, won the best children's/young adult Agatha Award in 2005. The Fan was adapted into a film starring Robert De Niro and directed by Tony Scott (1996).
His literary influences are Vladimir Nabokov, Graham Greene, and Ross Macdonald. Stephen King has referred to him as "my favorite American suspense novelist".
Born in Boston, Abrahams lives in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. He is married and has four children including Rosie Gray. He graduated from Williams College in 1968.
Peter Abrahams is also writing under the pseudonym Spencer Quinn (Chet and Bernie Mysteries).
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October 7, 2015
Hello, all! It's October. And according to my most favorite tv show in the whole wide world, BBC's Robin Hood, it is the birth month of the legendary archer himself. Oct 14th, to be precise, if anyone wants to celebrate with me. :D I'm reading and reviewing several Hood books this month, so keep you eyes peeled for them, my 4 or 5 r.h. Review readers. :)
Today's choice. "Giving to the Poor" book 2 of "the outlaws of Sherwood street" series. A tale of a 12 year old female Robin Hood in Brooklyn. Sounds cool, yes?
The idea is, anyway.
& While book one had some faults, it was still enjoyable. This one, "giving to the poor" was an awful, confusing mess. I'm a damned adult and I was having trouble understanding what was happening. :/ the dude from the last book, Gunn, dropped his raising the rent plan and instead was planning on building this huge tower or something like that. And Robbie and her friends had to stop it. I'm not sure exactly why either.
Anyway, like I said, it's confusing. There's too much going on at once. Like
*robbie's mom losing her job.
*some random crap about her dads writing career.
*ashanti's dad having an affair.
*confusing stuff about a reporter looking for her next big story.
*silas having a crappy dad
*some half assed attempt to explain where the charm might have come from
*more unexplained magic, not following rules.
*native American stuff.
*tut-tut get picked up by the ins
It's all just to much happening in to short a book. It should have just focused on 1 or two things, then added more in a 3rd book. Like. I feel this would have been much better if it had just focused on the characters discovering the origins of the charm and learning to control its magic while trying to free poor Tut-tut. While pick pocketing a few rich bastards and giving to the poor of course.
Because while we get a few passing mentions of Robin Hood and the "outlaws of Sherwood st." There was no helping the poor in this book. No giving anybody money or stealing or anything. And that really is what makes a Robin Hood book, yes?
I can even ignore the non-rule-following magic here, because, annoying as that may be, it paled in comparison to the mess of sub plots that was tangled into this crap fest of a book.
The saddest thing is, "giving to the poor" & the 1st book "robbing the rich" actually had a lot of potential. :( but it was simply lost in the mayhem of bad lore and confusing plots. Even my favorite character, tut-tut, barely had any screen Time.
1 star. I wish I could give it more, but I can't. Only read if you're one of those readers who just has to finish a series. The first is plenty and this adds nothing to the story. I don't think I could even recommend it to my fellow Robin Hood fans. I might read the 1st one again some day. But never this one.
Today's choice. "Giving to the Poor" book 2 of "the outlaws of Sherwood street" series. A tale of a 12 year old female Robin Hood in Brooklyn. Sounds cool, yes?
The idea is, anyway.
& While book one had some faults, it was still enjoyable. This one, "giving to the poor" was an awful, confusing mess. I'm a damned adult and I was having trouble understanding what was happening. :/ the dude from the last book, Gunn, dropped his raising the rent plan and instead was planning on building this huge tower or something like that. And Robbie and her friends had to stop it. I'm not sure exactly why either.
Anyway, like I said, it's confusing. There's too much going on at once. Like
*robbie's mom losing her job.
*some random crap about her dads writing career.
*ashanti's dad having an affair.
*confusing stuff about a reporter looking for her next big story.
*silas having a crappy dad
*some half assed attempt to explain where the charm might have come from
*more unexplained magic, not following rules.
*native American stuff.
*tut-tut get picked up by the ins
It's all just to much happening in to short a book. It should have just focused on 1 or two things, then added more in a 3rd book. Like. I feel this would have been much better if it had just focused on the characters discovering the origins of the charm and learning to control its magic while trying to free poor Tut-tut. While pick pocketing a few rich bastards and giving to the poor of course.
Because while we get a few passing mentions of Robin Hood and the "outlaws of Sherwood st." There was no helping the poor in this book. No giving anybody money or stealing or anything. And that really is what makes a Robin Hood book, yes?
I can even ignore the non-rule-following magic here, because, annoying as that may be, it paled in comparison to the mess of sub plots that was tangled into this crap fest of a book.
The saddest thing is, "giving to the poor" & the 1st book "robbing the rich" actually had a lot of potential. :( but it was simply lost in the mayhem of bad lore and confusing plots. Even my favorite character, tut-tut, barely had any screen Time.
1 star. I wish I could give it more, but I can't. Only read if you're one of those readers who just has to finish a series. The first is plenty and this adds nothing to the story. I don't think I could even recommend it to my fellow Robin Hood fans. I might read the 1st one again some day. But never this one.
April 7, 2017
I read the first book in this modern day Robin Hood inspired series for young people titled "Stealoing From the Rich". So of course this one is called "Giving to the Poor". I was very happy to discover the existence of this book.
Robbie Forester is a 12 year-old girl who lives on Sherwood Street in Brooklyn. She has some interesting friends: Tut-Tut (an illegal alien) from Haiti, Ashanti, and Silas Wilders. She has a great deal of freedom to run the streets of the city. And school is on break for Christmas so there's lots of sleuthing time. In this book The Outlaws of Sherwood Street, Robbie and her friends, follow a tangled web involving an evil land developer and a Russian mobster. Someone close to the kids does get murdered and Tut Tut gets locked away for being an illegal alien, but as usual, good triumphs over evil and there's an exciting scene with the kids in an ancient underground site of early New York City before it was a city.
Robbie Forester is a 12 year-old girl who lives on Sherwood Street in Brooklyn. She has some interesting friends: Tut-Tut (an illegal alien) from Haiti, Ashanti, and Silas Wilders. She has a great deal of freedom to run the streets of the city. And school is on break for Christmas so there's lots of sleuthing time. In this book The Outlaws of Sherwood Street, Robbie and her friends, follow a tangled web involving an evil land developer and a Russian mobster. Someone close to the kids does get murdered and Tut Tut gets locked away for being an illegal alien, but as usual, good triumphs over evil and there's an exciting scene with the kids in an ancient underground site of early New York City before it was a city.
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November 16, 2013This book has interesting characters and a good plot. Robbie Forester lives in Brooklyn, but some shady things are going on relating to the huge skyscraper being built by the wealthy businessman Sheldon Gunn. Robbie and her friends make it a goal to stop the construction of the "Gunn Tower" from being built, but stopping the richest man in the city proves to be difficult, especially because the charm that used to help Robbie and her friends seems to have lost it's magic. Also, the copy of the book I read had a massive spoiler in the blurb, so don't read it!
December 2, 2013
Love this YA series.
October 26, 2017
This series is so much fun! I hope my kids want to read it when they get a little older. I also hope another book is released soon.
July 1, 2024
More of Sheldon Gunn, the rich bad guy, as the enemy.
The charm returns in the form of a shucked oyster.
This time, too much frustration, relationship issues, and non-plot .
Ashanti to Silas: "How can anyone be so smart and so dumb at the same time?"
The charm returns in the form of a shucked oyster.
This time, too much frustration, relationship issues, and non-plot .
Ashanti to Silas: "How can anyone be so smart and so dumb at the same time?"
October 31, 2025
Disappointing compared to the first book featuring the "outlaws of Sherwood Street".
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