roanoke island (n.c.)

Seventeen-year-olds Miranda and Phillips investigate the mysterious disappearance of one hundred fourteen people from Roanoke Island, a case that mirrors an old legend in which the same number of people vanished from the Lost Colony.

Briefly describes the two failed attempts by English colonists to establish a settlement on Roanoke Island at the end of the sixteenth century.

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

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.

A slave and her family escape from their North Carolina plantation during the early part of the Civil War, finding refuge on Roanoke Island.

When Lady Catherine has an affair with Sir Walter Raleigh, she is subsequently banished to Raliegh's colony of Roanoke by Queen Elizabeth; surviving alongside other colonists with help from Native Americans, she gradually falls in love with Manteo, a native of the area, just as Raleigh sets sail for the New World.

Gabriel North, having saved Queen Elizabeth from an attempted assassination, is ordered to sail to the New World, where he forms an alliance with the Secota princess Naia which enables him to avoid Sir Walter Ralegh's plan to use him as a pawn to gain information about a treasure hidden in the wilderness.

An English youth and an Indian girl are caught up in the events leading to the mysterious disappearance of the colony at Roanoke Island.

Discusses what happened on Roanoke Island during England's attempts to colonize the land from 1584 to 1590 when the first colony disappeared.

Recounts how England's first attempts to colonize Virginia resulted in the mystery of the lost colony of Roanoke Island, still unsolved after three hundred years.