Summary Questions Response for Rowanhood

Summary:  Give a summary of what you have read so far.  Be specific (use character names) and focus on the main conflicts)

            The outlaw who led Ro to Robin Hood’s camp was Robin Hood himself!  Robin Hood and his band feed Ro and entertain her with contests and fights.  Ro decides she can’t reveal herself to Robin Hood and decides to leave the band of outlaws with Tykell.  The next day she watches for Robin to see what kind of person he really is.  Instead of finding Robin, she instead rescues and princess, Ettarde, who is running away from a forced marriage.  Lionel, the singing giant she met earlier, helps her rescue Ettarde by knocking down and horse and a knight.  Ro leads them to a rowan grove with a spring when she feels the water calling to her as it did her mother.  Robin finds them and sends his men to stand guard over them.  Many soldiers are hunting for Ettarde, including the Sheriff of Nottingham and Guy of Gisborn.  Robin goes to Nottingham to pull a prank and is recognized and captured by the Sheriff of Nottingham.  Ro decides to try to rescue him.  Lionel and Ettarde agree to go with her after she tells them that he is her father.

Questions:  As questions about things that confuse you or things that have more than one right answer.

  1. Why is Ro now able to hear the call of sweet water when she couldn’t before?  Is it part of the gifts the aelfe gave her?
  2. How do you think Robin Hood would react if he knew Ro was his daughter?
  3. Why do Lionel and Ettarde agree to help Ro when they don’t know her and it could risk their lives?

 Response:  Give your thoughts about what you have read so far, or answer one of your questions.

             The middle section of this book is full of surprises.   After struggling so hard to find Robin Hood, Ro leaves before the first evening is over.  I think it is because of the rough nature of the outlaws.  She seemed very uncomfortable when she watched the outlaws fight each other for her entertainment.  She was horrified when one the biggest outlaws knocked over a boy who missed all three of his shots at the target.  She also refused to promise to obey Robin Hood.  She still has that streak of independence that won’t let her give in to any one.  Even if she could best Robin at some feat, I don’t think she would stay.  I was also surprised when she felt the call of the sweet water.  She does have some of her mother’s gifts.  In addition to following the call of the sweet water, she also works to help and heal other people.  Her first instinct is to heal and comfort the injured at Robin’s camp. She jumps in to save Ettarde and then heals her and Lionel.  Was she not able to feel the call of her mother’s sweet water because it was not hers?  This sweet water led her to the center of a rowan grove—the tree she named herself after.  I think she needs to find her own place that is not either her father’s or her mother’s, but her very own.

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