Book· 1981· Fantasy

Ronja Rövardotter (Ronja, the Robber's Daughter)

by Astrid Lindgren

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A robber's daughter grows up in the forests of Mattis's castle, and the wild woods with their harpies, gnomes and changing seasons are where she learns freedom and fear.

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Ronja Rövardotter (Ronja, the Robber's Daughter)

Ronia, who lives with her father and his band of robbers in a castle in the woods, causes trouble when she befriends the son of a rival robber chieftain. Ronia, the Robber's Daughter is a children's fantasy book by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren, first published in 1981, and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman in 1983.