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The Outlaws of Sherwood Street: Giving to the Poor

The Outlaws of Sherwood Street: Giving to the Poor

Giving to the Poor

by Peter Abrahams
Hardback
Publication Date: 16/05/2013

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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, isthe 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.""
ISBN:
9780399255038
9780399255038
Category:
Crime & mystery fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
16-05-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Philomel Books
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
256
Dimensions (mm):
211x147x33mm
Weight:
0.39kg
Peter Abrahams

Peter Abrahams was born in Vrededorp, near Johannesburg, in 1919. His Ethiopian father worked in the gold mines; his mother was the daughter of a black African father and white French mother, classifying Abrahams as 'coloured'. After his father's death, he had an impoverished childhood, selling firewood and working for a tinsmith, before winning a scholarship to school.

In 1939, Abrahams left South Africa for European exile, writing for the Communist Daily Worker, befriending political activists and organising the Fifth Pan-African Congress. His first book was published in 1942, followed by ten volumes of trailblazing fiction and autobiography exposing racial injustice. He settled in Jamaica in 1956 - where he lived until his death aged 97 - where he continued writing and broadcasting radio commentaries; he was married twice, both to white Englishwomen, and had three children.

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