1. Is Theresa Tomlinson's The Forestwife a retelling of the Robin Hood legend or a prequel to the Robin Hood legend?

What is a retelling? What is a prequel?

2. There is much "adult" material in the novel (including rape and murder). So why is Theresa Tomlinson's The Forestwife considered a young adult novel? Is it because it is short? Because it is easy to read? Or because there is little sexual activity shown between characters?

How does your answer to these questions take into account the adult material that is in the novel? What age should the reader of The Forestwife be?

3. How does Theresa Tomlinson's The Forestwife compare with other versions of the Robin Hood legend? What do you like better about it? Or worse?

4. If there is no original author of the Robin Hood legend—or primary text of the Robin Hood...