Fourteen-year-old Jess relates her sea voyage with other English families to Roanoke Island in 1587, their attempt to make a permanent settlement, and Jess's contact with the Croatoan Indians.
Jessabel, one of the survivors of the disappearance of the English settlers on Roanoke Island in 1587, relates how her remaining companions live with the Croatoan Indians and try to find the missing colonists
Fourteen-year-old Jess relates her sea voyage with other English families to Roanoke Island in 1587, their attempt to make a permanent settlement, and Jess's contact with the Croatoan Indians