Phil Hawkins about ROBIN AND THE HOODS

It was not the horses keeping me awake at night

Robin and her friends, “The Hoods”, are always fighting with their rival gang for a piece of woodland at the end of the street. In the imagination of 11-year-old Robin, the wooden sheds there are transformed into a medieval village, where children fight epic battles on horses, armed with swords and bows, instead of on bicycles and with sticks. Until a shady property developer shows up, who wants to raze the forest to the ground and promises the residents a stylish building complex.

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