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The House of Dies Drear | Virginia Hamilton | The House of Dies Drear

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	The House of Dies Drear Virginia Hamilton Aladdin, 2006 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 102 reviews view larger image
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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....

Fond memories of a page turner

When I was in 5th grade, my English teacher lent me this book after exacting from me a promise to finish writing out my vocabulary word definitions before reading it. I was a good student, but a lazy one, easily bored by things I found repetitive or unstimulating, and it must have been frustrating to listen to my excuses about why I had failed yet again to do my vocabulary lesson. I don't know if the book was a bribe or a gift, or what she expected to happen, but I took The House of Dies Drear home that night and literally could not put it down until I had finished. The next morning I returned the completed book to my teacher -- without my vocabulary homework. Maybe it takes a certain kind of 10-year-old reader, but I loved this book so much that I have never forgotten it, even a quarter century later.

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The House of Dies Drear

A mystery with twists and turns and ... you need to read it rather than this review. Two thumbs up! The House of Dies Drear

The House of Dies Drear

Good book. My daughter really enjoyed reading it over the summer. Could be a really good required reading for classes.

I Remember a Good Book

I'm suprised at some of the reviews and wonder if maybe my memory is simply failing me! I'm 33. I logged on to see about getting this book for my 8 yr. old because this was one of my favorite books as a child. My 5th grade teacher read it to us. She would read to us every day after lunch and this was one of the selections and I LOVED it. I remember it being interesting and exciting. Now I have to wonder if it was just the fact that I love books and this woman was my all time favorite teacher. Maybe the book isn't as good as I remember. I'm going to have to give it a read to see.

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