About the Book
On Roanoke Island, the legend of the 114 people who mysteriously
vanished from the Lost Colony hundreds of years ago is just an outdoor
drama for the tourists, a story people tell. But when the island faces
the sudden disappearance of 114 people now, an unlikely pair of
17-year-olds may be the only hope of bringing them back.
Miranda, a misfit girl from the island’s most infamous family, and Phillips, an exiled teen criminal who hears the voices of the dead, must dodge
everyone from federal agents to long-dead alchemists as they work to
uncover the secrets of the new Lost Colony. The one thing they can’t
dodge is each other.
Blackwood is a dark, witty coming of age story that combines America’s oldest mystery with a thoroughly contemporary romance.
