The House of Dies Drear

Virginia Hamilton (A)

List Price: $6.99 (Paperback - Teen Fiction / Mystery / Ancestor Ghosts - 2006)

Description: 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.... (256 pgs) Ages 9-12

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Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches

Shipping Weight: 4 ounces