{"product_id":"the-house-of-dies-drear-9781416914051","title":"The House of Dies Drear","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe recipient of nearly every major award and honor in her field, including the 1992 Hans Christian Andersen Award, Virginia Hamilton (1934-2002) was the first African American woman to be awarded the Newbery Medal, for \u003ci\u003eM.C. Higgins, the Great\u003c\/i\u003e. Renowned as a storyteller, anthologist, and lecturer as well as a novelist, Ms. Hamilton made her home in Yellow Springs, Ohio.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aladdin Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50656242499858,"sku":"9781416914051","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_920c55ca-8eb8-4e77-8bb3-a77eeb0f2e68.jpg?v=1733386268","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-house-of-dies-drear-9781416914051","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}