roanoke island (n.c.)

"This book in the Urban Legends: Don't Read Alone! series explores the creepy history of the Roanoke Colony. Are you brave enough to read it alone? Written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes tons of fascinating information and wild facts that will hold the readers' interest, allowing for successful mastery and comprehension. A table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations, and index all enhance comprehension"--Provided by the publisher.

When 114 people go missing on Roanoke Island in what seems like an eerie repeat of what happened hundreds of years before, seventeen-year-olds Miranda and Grant may be the key to the mysteries past and present.

"Faced with dwindling resources and warring tribes, the settlement on Roanoke Island begins to crumble. Meanwhile Emme Merrimoth, a young housekeeper, commits herself to recording her every memory of the Lost Colony. During the long voyage from England she had become involved with Governor John White, who had asked her to marry him. But when he returned to England to secure much-needed supplies Emme is accused of witchcraft, shunned by the colonists, and enslaved by a nearby tribe"--OCLC.

"As tensions rise between the English settlers and the Native peoples on Roanoke Island, twelve-year-old Alis forms an impossible friendship with a native girl named Kimi"--Provided by publisher. Includes glossary and historical notes.

Looks at the English colony of Roanoke, which was founded in 1585, and discusses the mystery of its disappearance.

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

Tells the history of Roanoke Colony and the mysterious disappearance of the Roanoke colonists.

Uses a graphic novel format to describe the formation of the early Roanoke Island Colony near a new developing area soon to be known as Virginia. When the island colony divided seeking either food or safety to separate locations, no historian or archaeologist seems to know what happened to one of the missing divisions.

Provides an account of the sixteenth century settlement of the Roanoke Colony as well as theories of what may have caused the disappearance of the settlers.

"As tensions rise between the English settlers and the Native peoples on Roanoke Island, twelve-year-old Alis forms an impossible friendship with a native girl named Kimi"--Provided by publisher. Includes glossary and historical notes.