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    The House of Dies Drear

    1998 · Mystery · 1h 47m

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  1. 3,620 ratings469 reviews. A family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad in this Edgar Award–winning book from Virginia Hamilton. The house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock.

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  2. Thirteen-year-old Thomas Small is fascinated, and afraid, of the huge, uncharted house his father, a specialist in Negro Civil War history, has purposefully rented. A strange pair of children, tiny Pesty and husky Mac Darrow, seem to tease him; old bearded Pluto, long-time caretaker and local legend, seems bent on scaring the Smalls away.

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  4. Jan 18, 2024 · From Virginia Hamilton, the author of the Newbery Medal and National Book Award winning M.C. Higgins, the Great, comes a spellbinding mystery filled with edge-of-the-seat suspense. The House of Dies Drear wraps an important history lesson into a brilliantly imaginative story for all ages.

  5. Jan 1, 2006 · Edgar Award Winner, 1969. A family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad in this Edgar Award–winning book from Virginia Hamilton. The house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock.

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    • $7.99
    • Virginia Hamilton
  6. Reviews 78% Audience Score 500+ Ratings A professor (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) and family move into the ghostly Ohio house of a Dutch abolitionist who helped slaves escape.

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  8. Oct 1, 1984 · Edgar Award Winner, 1969. Book Description. Editorial Reviews. A family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home which was once a stop on the Underground Railroad in this Edgar Award–winning book from Virginia Hamilton.

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