num_pages: 192
description: 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?
language: English
title: Steal Away Home
titlecomplete: Steal Away Home (Aladdin Historical Fiction)
genres: Middle Grade, Historical, American, Young Adult, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary, Mystery
ratings_count: 758
series: Steal Away Home
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High
publisher: Aladdin