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The House of Dies Drear

Book 1 of the Dies Drear Chronicles series

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....

Genre
historical fictionmysteryliterary fictionadventurehorror
Themes
african americanchildhooddiversityslaveryamerican history
Setting
20th centuryohio
Mood
nostalgia
Subject
history
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
medium · 256 pages

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