Steal Away Home
Mar 2014 Ā· Sold by Simon and Schuster
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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 familyās old house, sheās unprepared for the surprise that awaits her. A hidden roomācontaining 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 Danaās 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 remainsāwhy did Lizbet Charles die?
When twelve-year-old Dana Shannon starts to strip away wallpaper in her familyās old house, sheās unprepared for the surprise that awaits her. A hidden roomācontaining 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 Danaās 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 remainsāwhy did Lizbet Charles die?
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 familyās old house, sheās unprepared for the surprise that awaits her. A hidden roomācontaining a human...
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25 reviews
Haedyn Mcgrath
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September 25, 2014
This book is really good if you like mystery books about conductor of the under ground railroad who dies and Dana finds out how she died read it at school teachers you will love this book
Allyson Storck
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September 28, 2015
A great book. I love the fact that it goes back and forth through present day and the time of the american civil war. I definitely decrement this book to kids who are learning about the civil war.
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Now The Truth Comes Out!!!!!!!
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September 13, 2015
It is very creapy and hard to under stand
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About the author
Lois Ruby is the author of several novels, including Steal Away Home, which was named an IRA Young Adultsā Choice and a Notable Childrenās Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC). Before she turned to writing, she was a young adult librarian for the Dallas Public Library. In her spare time, she serves on the board of Inter-Faith Inn Homeless Shelter in Wichita, Kansas, and sometimes teaches minicourses to seventh and eighth graders. āThe place I feel most comfortable,ā she says, āis among teenagers, laughing.ā The mother of three sons, she lives in Wichita with her husband, Thomas.
Lois Ruby is the author of several novels, including Steal Away Home, which was named an IRA Young Adultsā Choice and a Notable Childrenās Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies (NCSS/CBC). Before she turned to writing, she was a young adult librarian for the Dallas Public Library. In her spar...
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