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The House of Dies Drear

The House of Dies Drear
The House of Dies Drear
By Virginia Hamilton
Illustrated by: Eros Keith
This edition: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Ages: 10 and up
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Awards and Nominations

  • ALA Notable Children's Books
  • Edgar Allan Poe Award
  • Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
  • SLJ Best of the Best Books
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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....

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "A hundred years ago, Dies Drear and two slaves he was hiding in his house, an Underground Railroad station in Ohio, had been murdered. The house, huge and isolated, was fascinating, Thomas thought, but he wasn't sure he was glad Papa had bought it
-- funny things kept happening, frightening things... The secret of the house is revealed in an exciting final sequence that maintains beautifully the mysterious and dramatic story of a black family caught in an atmosphere of fear and danger. Written with distinction, an imaginiative and imposing book."
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