PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
by Virginia Hamilton (Author)
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...Author Biography
The recipient of nearly every major award and honor in her field, including the 1992 Hans Christian Andersen Award, Virginia Hamilton (1934-2002) was the first African American woman to be awarded the Newbery Medal, for M.C. Higgins, the Great. Renowned as a storyteller, anthologist, and lecturer as well as a novelist, Ms. Hamilton made her home in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Number of Pages: 256
Dimensions: 0.69 x 7.9 x 5.24 IN
Publication Date: January 01, 2006
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: House of Dies Drear
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 9
