Follows the efforts of Thomas Small, his friend, Petsy, and Mr. Pluto to guard the secret trasure of the late abolitionist Dies Drear from the scheming Darrows

The Mystery of Drear House: The Conclusion of the Dies Drear Chronicle

HAMILTON, Virginia

Teen & Young Adult

Simon Pulse

M. C. Higgins, The Great

A Black youth dreams that his mother will become a singing star and take the family away from the strip mining terrain of Sarah's Mountain

M. C. Higgins, the Great

Literature & Fiction

The house of Dies Drear

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. It had a century-old legend—two fugitive slaves had been killed by bounty hunters after leaving its passageways, and Dies Drear himself, the abolitionist who had made the house into a station on the Underground Railroad, had been murdered there. The ghosts of the three were said to walk its rooms…

The House of Dies Drear (Dies Drear Chronicle)

After spending most of their eighth-grade year hiding in the school's secret cellar room, Junior and Buddy must finally confront reality

The Planet of Junior Brown

Thomas Small and his best friend Pesty Darrow have been keeping the secret of the vast treasure that's hidden in Mr. Pluto's cave, once a stop on the Underground Railroad. Pesty also has to keep the treasure a secret from her family, who want it for themselves. And there are plenty more secrets in the underground passageways-hidden rooms, Indian legends, and terrifying ghosts. Now Thomas thinks that Pesty might be keeping some secrets from him, too. If they can't trust each other, how will they ever protect the treasure? This ebook features an illustrated biography of Virginia Hamilton including rare photos from the author's estate.

The mystery of Drear House: The conclusion of the Dies Drear chronicle

Macmillan

Geeder's summer at her uncle's farm is made special because of her friendship with a very tall, composed woman who raises hogs and who closely resembles the magazine photograph of a Watutsi queen.

Zeely: An Eve Diamond Novel

Simon&Schuster Children's Publishing

As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M. C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love.

Children's Books

Classics

An African American family tries to unravel the secrets of their new home in Ohio which was once an important station on the Underground Railroad.

The House of Dies Drear

Planet of Junior Brown

Already a leader in New York's underground world of homeless children, Buddy Clark takes on the responsibility of protecting the overweight, emotionally disturbed friend with whom he has been playing hooky from eighth grade all semester.

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Study Guide for the House of Dies Drear with Related Readings (Glencoe Literature Library)

Reference

Glencoe Literature Library

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The Mystery of Drear House: The Conclusion of the Dies Drear Chronicle

M. C. Higgins, the Great

The House of Dies Drear (Dies Drear Chronicle)

The Planet of Junior Brown

The mystery of Drear House: The conclusion of the Dies Drear chronicle

Zeely: An Eve Diamond Novel

M. C. Higgins, the Great

The House of Dies Drear

The Planet of Junior Brown

Study Guide for the House of Dies Drear with Related Readings (Glencoe Literature Library)