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The Lost Colony Of Roanoke Summary

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The story of the lost colony of Roanoke is one of the great mysteries of American history. This story begins in the year 1590, William Wythers, a 16 sixteen-year-old runaway apprentice, joins the emigrants bound for Virginia. William Wythers is a hard working, skilled teen who cares so much about other people including his younger sister. He is very skilled in carpentry, he will use these skills as he the new world, Virginia.

William hopes to acquire land and fortune so that eventually he can send for his younger sister, Bessie. Proud and independent, but also sensitive, William soon comes into conflict with his fellow colonists. His attitude toward the land itself and especially toward the “savages” change more than those of the other colonists, …show more content…

The author uses a wide variety of sentence lengths, there are short, and long sentences. There are some long sentences, but the author uses the correct punctuation so they are easy to make sense of. One of these long sentences is “ But to escape people like Svenson and the constable-to strike out on my own and build a name for myself-to gather the gold and pearls that would make me a gentleman!”

I would definitely recommend this book to a fellow student. If I had to rate this book from one to five stars, one being terrible, and 5 being It was amazing, I would give it 4 stars. The reason I would give this book 4 stars is because there are some parts of the story that aren’t explained, such as why the ships did not come back from England with supplies. I also give it a 4 star because it is not the most difficult book to read and it is not very challenging to read. This book can definitely compare to other books of it’s size, it has excellent word choice , when the author describes something, she uses great word choice to describe it. This quote from the book is a prime example of the detail portrayed in this novel, “ Each afternoon the wind came whistling in from the Sound a little earlier. Low, chilling fog lasted a little longer each morning.” This book is definitely a book that explains the colonists travels and hardships of trying to settle

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