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Steal Away Home

Steal Away Home

by Lois Ruby

Book Details

Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1998
Language: en
Pages: 208
ISBN: 9780689824357
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Looky Rating System Score adjusted for ages 8+

3
💥Violence
1
❤️Love & Romance
1
🧠Mental Health
1
🧙Fantasy / Supernatural
0
💬!*$#Language
0
🍷🚬Substance Use
0
🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+
3
😨Fear / Horror

Description

<b>When Dana uncovers a skeleton hidden in the wall of her home, she also uncovers a dark secret that stretches back years.</b><br><br>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? <br> <br>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—<i>why</i> did Lizbet Charles die?

Themes & Topics

Juvenile FictionPeople & PlacesUnited StatesAfrican American & BlackGirls & WomenHistorical19th CenturyCivil War Period (1850-1877)ReligiousChristianFantasy & Magic

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