Strange Alchemy by Gwenda Bond
Missing. Disappeared. Gone.Paperback book.Published by Switch Press.On Roanoke Island, the legend of the Lost Colony--and the 114 colonists who vanished without a trace more than four hundred years ago--still haunts the town. But that's just a story told for the tourists... Or is it? When 114 people suddenly disappear from the island in present day, it seems history is repeating itself. Soon Miranda Blackwood, a member of the island's most infamous family, and Grant Rawling, the sheriff's son, who has demons and secrets of his own, find themselves at the center of the mystery. the unlikely team of seventeen-year-olds must work to uncover the secrets of the new Lost Colony, dodging everyone from the authorities to long-dead alchemists as they race against time to save their family and friends before they, too, are gone for good.