Roanoke: The Lost Colony Written with Jane Yolen Illustrated by Roger Roth Simon & Schuster 2003 ISBN#0-689-82321-5 S&S hardcover

This book, about the British colonists who disappeared after settling in the new world in 1587, is the third in the Unsolved Mystery From History series. Each of the books involves quite a bit of research, but this one was particularly difficult since the story is so rooted in US history both prior to the colony disappearing and after. The cast of characters is much larger than in the previous books, The Mary Celeste and The Wolf Girls. At one point during the editing process of Roanoke, our editor, Jessica Schulte, told us (and she was right) that the narrative was too confusing. I actually sat on my living room floor and cut the manuscript into sentences and reordered the entire thing to make the story clear. I especially love the picture of the skeletons. But, I'm funny like that.

The next book in the series is The Salem Witch Trials and number five which is about Amelia Earhart.

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