

Thomas sensed there was danger, but could he discover the truth?įirst edition. The ghosts of the three were said to walk its rooms.


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. Thomas knew the house held secrets even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock. The Edgar Award-winning novel is the first in the two book Dies Drear Chronicles. Signed by the author, Newbery Medalist Virginia Hamilton.įirst edition. Spine ends and corners slightly rubbed, else a clean, bright copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (some chips and tears, but printed matter mostly unaffected). 5 one-page and one two-page b&w illustrations.
