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Roanoke: The Lost Colony--An Unsolved Mystery from History Hardcover – Picture Book, July 1, 2003
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In 1587 John White was chosen by Sir Walter Raleigh to lead a new colony at Roanoke off the Atlantic coast. After bringing many men, women, and children to the new land, White went back to England to gather supplies for the long winter. But when he finally returned to the fort almost three years later, he found that all of the colonists had vanished.
The only signs of life left were the letters CRO carved into a tree and the word CROATOAN carved into one of the fort’s posts. Did the Spanish army capture the colonists? Did the colonists get in a battle with the native people—or join them? Did they try to follow John White to England and get lost at sea?
Become a detective, study the clues, and see if you can help solve this chilling mystery from history!
- Reading age6 - 10 years
- Print length32 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level1 - 5
- Lexile measure850L
- Dimensions9.25 x 0.3 x 10 inches
- PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Publication dateJuly 1, 2003
- ISBN-100689823215
- ISBN-13978-0689823213
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About the Author
Heidi Elisabet Yolen Stemple is the author of more than thirty books for children, some of which she coauthored with her mother, Jane Yolen, including Not All Princesses Dress in Pink. Heidi lives in Hatfield, Massachusetts.
Roger Roth has been an illustrator since graduating with a BFA from Pratt Institute in 1980. Roger’s work appears regularly in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and other publications. His work is also used by advertising companies for national and international campaigns. Roger has illustrated more than fifteen children’s books (two of which he also wrote). He also serves as senior lecturer at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is a frequent presenter at area schools.
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- Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (July 1, 2003)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 32 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0689823215
- ISBN-13 : 978-0689823213
- Reading age : 6 - 10 years
- Lexile measure : 850L
- Grade level : 1 - 5
- Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 9.25 x 0.3 x 10 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #395,274 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Heidi E.Y. Stemple didn’t want to be a writer when she grew up. In fact, after she graduated from college, she became a probation officer in Florida. It wasn’t until she was 28 years old that she gave in and joined the family business, publishing her first short story in a book called Famous Writers and Their Kids Write Spooky Stories. The famous writer was her mom, author Jane Yolen. Since then, she has published almost 40 books and numerous short stories and poems, mostly for children.
Heidi lives and writes on a big old farm in Massachusetts that she shares with one very large cat who lives inside, and a dozen deer, a family of bears, three coyotes, two bobcats, a gray fox, tons of birds, and some very fat groundhogs who live outside. Once a year, she calls and counts owls for the Audubon Christmas Bird Count.
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