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Carbone, Elisa

Poison in the Colony: James Town 1622

304 pp. | Viking | March, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-0-425-29183-2 $18.99
(4) 4-6 This companion to Blood on the River continues the story of the Jamestown colony, now through the experience of Virginia Laydon, a child with an uncanny (and somewhat unconvincing) ability to see the future. Carbone includes details about daily life, slavery, tenuous relations with Indigenous tribes, and accusations of witchcraft. It's engaging historical fiction that does not shy away from addressing societal complexities.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

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