Roanoke, the Lost Colony: An Unsolved Mystery from History

Jane Yolen, Heidi Elisabet y. Stemple. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, $17.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-689-82321-3

The third volume in the Unsolved Mystery from History series, Roanoke: The Lost Colony by Jane Yolen and Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple, illus. by Roger Roth, once again invites readers to use their detective skills to solve a puzzle from the past. In this intriguing entry, English colonists at Roanoke vanish sometime between 1587 and 1590, accompanied by atmospheric pencil and watercolor artwork.

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