Author: R.D. Blackmore

Retold by Mary Tomalin

Published: 2000

Publisher: Pearson UK

Format: Paperback

Pages: 67

Suitable: Primary

Penguin Readers: Level 4: 1700 Headwords

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She was one of the Doones who had killed my father. But her voice touched my heart and I could not hate her.
In 1673 young John Ridd meets a little girl called Lorna Doone. Seven years later they meet again, and fall in love. But the Doones are a family of robbers and murderers. Then John is ordered to go to London. The government wants him to help stop a rebellion against the King. They also want him to help destroy the Doones. But can John save Lorna?