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The House of Dies Drear Mass market paperbound - 1984

by Virginia Hamilton; Eros Keith (Illustrator)

"An absorbing mystery (about a Negro boy's house, once part of the Underground Railroad), enriched with perceptive insights into certain aspects of the Negro American's heritage."--"Booklist." An ALA Notable Children's Book. A "School Library Journal" Best of the Best. Winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award.


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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...

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  • Title The House of Dies Drear
  • Author Virginia Hamilton; Eros Keith (Illustrator)
  • Series Dies Drear Chronicle
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon Pulse, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1984-10
  • ISBN 9780020435204 / 0020435207
  • Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9 in (17.53 x 10.67 x 2.29 cm)
  • Ages 10 to 13 years
  • Grade levels 5 - 8
  • Reading level 670
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Children's stories, American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 84019847
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 04/15/1998, Page 1371

About the author

The recipient of nearly every major award and honor in her field, including the 1992 Hans Christian Andersen Award, Virgina Hamilton 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 makes her home in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Eros Keith has illustrated books for children and young adults including The Slave Dancer and the The House of Dies Drear.
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