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The House of Dies Drear

Virginia Hamilton

3.2/5 ( ratings)

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…

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Aladdin

Release: January 01, 2006

ISBN: 1416914056

ISBN 13: 9781416914051

The House of Dies Drear

Virginia Hamilton

3.2/5 ( ratings)

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…

Language: English

Pages: 256

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Aladdin

Release: January 01, 2006

ISBN: 1416914056

ISBN 13: 9781416914051

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