roanoke island (n.c.)

At the Freedman's Colony of Roanoke Island, a haven for the recently emancipated, the four March sisters--Meg, Joanna, Bethlehem, and Amethyst--come into their own as independent young Black women together facing love, sickness, heartbreak, and new horizons.

A graphic-novel introduction to the mysterious disappearance of the Roanoke Colony describes how a century before the Pilgrims, the first English settlers established the colony only to go missing in 1590, in an account by the creators of Science Comics that invites readers to draw informed conclusions.

Examines the mystery of the disappearance of colonists on Roanoke Island in 1587 and the clues the missing colonists left behind.

At the Freedman's Colony of Roanoke Island, a haven for the recently emancipated, the four March sisters--Meg, Joanna, Bethlehem, and Amethyst--come into their own as independent young Black women together facing love, sickness, heartbreak, and new horizons.

"Over a hundred years before the pilgrims, the very first English settlers came to the American coast and established the colony of Roanoke. But without warning, all inhabitants abandoned their homes and possessions and disappeared"--Back cover.

This book, in graphic novel format, explores the mysterious disappearance of English colonists at Roanoke Island.

Mimi fascinates Christina and Grant as she recounts the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke Island, where a group of settlers vanished, with few clues as to what happened to them.

The English colony on Roanoke Island vanished with only a single word, "CROATOAN" carved into a post. What happened? Readers can review the theories and decide for themselves.

Relates, in graphic novel format, the story of the settlement of Roanoke Island in 1587 by English colonists and the unexplained disappearance of the entire Roanoke Colony, including the first English child born in the colonies, which was discovered by supply ships returning from England three years later.

Presents an overview of the history of the lost colony of Roanoke, in simple text with illustrations, describing the arrival of the English in the new world.