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The Lost Colony of Roanoke provides the backdrop for this story set along the Outer Banks, where two very different cultures collide. What would happen if an English boy and a Native girl met in the wilderness? Mushaniq, a free-spirited daughter of Manteo, and Georgie Howe are drawn into a tug-of-war between their worlds. He hopes for a simple friendship, while she finds it hard to trust him.

Georgie's father was brutally killed by Native warriors who were never identified, and the murder took place before the family had spent even a week on Roanoke Island. Georgie is trying to make sense of his new life and to accept that not everyone he has been taught to see as savages is responsible for his father's death. Mushaniq, meanwhile, wrestles with questions about the man her father, Manteo, has become.

As their tentative friendship deepens amid the disaster and attacks that threaten their community, both must decide whether the Creator is truly who He claims to be and whether He deserves their trust. Shannon McNear brings the history to life with a vivid sense of authenticity. Elinor, also by McNear, is Book 1 of the Daughters of the Lost Colony series.