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58 pp.
| Putnam |
May, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-399-24027-6$$16.99
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Hudson Talbott.
In 1587, about a hundred men, women, and children left England to colonize Roanoke Island, off the coast of what is now North Carolina. When their governor returned from a trip to England for supplies, he found the colony abandoned. Talbott's delicate spot-art portraits give each player in this historical mystery a face, and Fritz attaches distinctive personalities to those images. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2004