Steal Away Home
Lois Ruby$6.79
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When twelve-year-old Dana Shannon starts to strip away wallpaper in her family's old house, she's unprepared for the surprise that awaits her. A hidden room -- containing a human skeleton How did such a thing get there? And why was the tiny room sealed up?
With the help of a diary found in the room, Dana learns her house was once a station on the Underground Railroad. The young woman whose remains Dana discovered was Lizbet Charles, a conductor and former slave. As the scene shifts between Dana's world and 1856, the story of the families that lived in the house unfolds. But as pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place, one haunting question remains -- why did Lizbet Charles die?
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 01/01/1999
ISBN: 9780689824357
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.50d
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/18/1999
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 11491 / Steal Away Home
Reading Level: 5.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7
With the help of a diary found in the room, Dana learns her house was once a station on the Underground Railroad. The young woman whose remains Dana discovered was Lizbet Charles, a conductor and former slave. As the scene shifts between Dana's world and 1856, the story of the families that lived in the house unfolds. But as pieces of the puzzle begin to fall into place, one haunting question remains -- why did Lizbet Charles die?
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: 01/01/1999
ISBN: 9780689824357
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.50d
Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/18/1999
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 11491 / Steal Away Home
Reading Level: 5.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7