The Mystery of the Lost Colony has been chosen as one of North Carolina's 2012-2013 Battle of the Books for elementary students!

Mimi tells Christina and Grant a mystery story about North Carolina's Lost Colony, complete with two boisterous boys, kidnapped coins, a foggy graveyard, a missing friend and a moonlight trip on an old sailing ship!

LOOK what's inside this mystery - people, places, history and more!
PLACES - North Carolina: Manteo's waterfront area • The Graveyard, Manteo • Kill Devil Hills • Sharktooth Sea • Rodanthe • Roanoke Sound • Shallowbag Bay on Ice Plant Island • Wingina, Chief of the Indians • Ocracoke Island Wild Ponies and Island Inn • Elizabeth II; Dimensions, Materials used, design.

PEOPLE: Sir Walter Raleigh • John White • Eleanor Dare • Virginia Dare • Queen Elizabeth Blackbeard the Pirate • Mighty Midgetts of Chicamacomico • The Werowance.

HISTORY: Legend of the Banks Pony • Elizabeth II • Difficulties in survival in the New World: Food and Habitat.

This mystery incorporates history, geography, culture and cliffhanger chapters that keep kids begging for more! This mystery includes SAT words, educational facts, fun and humor, built-in book club and activities. This Carole Marsh Mystery also has an Accelerated Reader quiz, a Lexile level, a Fountas & Pinnell guided reading level, and a Developmental Reading Assessment.



>Want a sneak preview of this great mystery? Click HERE to view the first three chapters.