A review by tswanson103
History Comics: The Roanoke Colony: America's First Mystery by Chris Schweizer

3.0

This was a very comprehensive and fairly easy to follow graphic novel telling the history of the Roanoke Colony. I found this to be a very compelling way to share significant moments in history and especially enjoyed the humor that was added into the text. I am thinking about using this graphic novel series as part of a historical research report unit with students and am slightly concerned that this will be a bit too much for my sixth graders, as it is a lot to follow - not because of any choice the author made but because history does not follow linear timelines no matter how much we would like it too. This graphic novel would be best used independently by older students. However, from a pure enjoyment standpoint, I really liked this approach and learned a lot about Roanoke that I had not known before.