Lionclaw

A Tale of Rowan Hood

By: Nancy Springer

Narrated by: Emily Gray

Lionel won't learn to fight, so he is banished by his warrior father, Lionclaw. The boy soon finds a home in Sherwood Forest with a band of outcasts led by Rowan Hood, daughter of Robin. But when Lionclaw vows to destroy them, Lionel knows he must finally fight for what is right.

A sequel to the award-winning Rowan Hood, this action-packed adventure is sure to delight all young readers.

©2002 Nancy Springer (P)2002 Recorded Books

Singing

Lovely narration, but the singing voice is terrible really terrible. The book itself is wonderfully written.

A Lion's Heart

Rowan Hood's friend Lionel is a minstrel, a singer, a harp player who calls people "my dear" and does not raise his hands or use a weapon for fear of scarring and breaking them as his father the "Lionclaw" has done.

For all his height he lets himself be called a coward rather than fight and his father loathes him enough to put a price on his head for acting a fool. Lionel though knows his act is up and he's putting Rowan and his friends in danger, so he leaves her the silver ring that marks him as part of her band and sets out to part ways.

Yet when he learns that Rowan has fallen into the hands of their enemies he finds the lion's strength he's named for and born from had never left him.