Steal Away Home (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780689824357)

When Dana uncovers a skeleton hidden in the wall of her home, she also uncovers a dark secret that stretches back years.

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?

Author: Lois Ruby
ISBN-10: 0689824351
ISBN-13: 9780689824357
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1999
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 11491 / Steal Away Home

Award: California Young Reader Medal - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/18/1999