Steal Away Home

by Lois Ruby (Author)

Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
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?
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Publishers Weekly

When Lois discovers a diary and a human skeleton in a hidden room, she learns that her house was a station on the Underground Railroad; scenes alternate between 1856 and the present. Ages 8-12. (Jan.)
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780689824357
Lexile Measure
890
Guided Reading Level
V
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Publication date
January 19, 1999
Series
Aladdin Historical Fiction
BISAC categories
JUV037000 - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic
JUV011010 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
JUV016140 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 19th Century
JUV014000 - Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women
JUV016110 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - General
Library of Congress categories
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California Young Reader Medal
Nominee 1997 - 1997

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