Looking for a Robin Hood book

[slvrmoon2323]

The book isn't only about Robin Hood. It is about a servant boy who can't talk and he runs away from his home. He falls in the midst of the Robin Hood gang and they figure out that he is some relation to King Richard. He spells the name Richard in the ground even though he doesn't know it. When Robin Hood is about to be hurt he starts speaking again to yell a warning. I haven't read this book since I was probably nine or ten and I can't find it anywhere. If anyone know's the book I'm talking about could you help me...please!

 

[WickedWitch]

Maybe?

Robin's Country by Monica Furlong
NY: Knopf, 1995.

"Dummy, a mute orphan with only hazy memories of his past, serves a cruel master. After a particularly vicious beating, he gathers the courage to run away-no small feat in his weak, near-starved state. Forced to enter the dreaded Sherwood Forest to elude the men who pursue him, he literally falls into Robin Hood's secret lair. There he is treated kindly and nursed back to health, though Marian regards him with suspicion, thinking he may be a spy. He soon comes to love his new life-he makes friends, becomes Robin's favored companion, learns the art of archery, gains Marian's trust and respect at last, and rediscovers his voice and his identity. Furlong's prose beautifully and magically evokes the medieval forest setting, and the many characters come to life quite vividly."

 

[slvrmoon2323]

You are beautiful

Thank you so much!!!! At least someone could figure out what the heck I was talking about. It has been years since I've read the book, so again thank you for the help in finding it.