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A family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad in this Edgar Award–winning book from Virginia Hamilton.
The house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock. It had a century-old legend—two fugitive slaves had been killed by bounty hunters after leaving its passageways, and Dies Drear himself, the abolitionist who had made the house into a station on the Underground Railroad, had been murdered there. The ghosts of the three were said to walk its rooms…
House of Dies Drear
By Virginia Hamilton
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The house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock. It had a century-old legend—two fugitive slaves had been killed by bounty hunters after leaving its passageways, and Dies Drear himself, the abolitionist who had made the house into a station on the Underground Railroad, had been murdered there. The ghosts of the three were said to walk its rooms…
ISBN
9781416914051
Pages
256 pages
Publisher
Aladdin
Published
Jan 1, 2006
Language
en
Cover type
Paperback
Book details
- Authors
- Virginia Hamilton
- ISBN
- 9781416914051
- Publisher
- Aladdin
- Binding
- Paperback
- Published
- Jan 1, 2006
- Publication year
- 2006
- Pages
- 256
- Dimensions
- 7.625 in × 0.7 in × 5.125 in
- Language
- en
- Categories
- Juvenile FictionMysteries & Detective StoriesParanormal, Occult & SupernaturalPeople & PlacesUnited StatesAfrican American & Black