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The House of Dies Drear Paperback - 2006
by Virginia Hamilton
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In this Edgar Allan Poe Award-winning novel, a black family moves into an enormous house once used to hide runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family believe they are in grave danger.
Summary
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....
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First line
THOMAS dreamed he walked a familiar forest, following a timeworn path of the Tuscaroras.
Details
- Title The House of Dies Drear
- Author Virginia Hamilton
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reissue
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Aladdin Paperbacks
- Publication date 2006-01-01
- ISBN 9781416914051 / 1416914056
- Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.24 x 0.69 in (20.07 x 13.31 x 1.75 cm)
- Age range 11 to 14 years
- Grade levels 6 - 9
- Reading level 670
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Topical: Friendship
- Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Mystery and detective stories
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2006272081
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
