Steal Away Home
by Lois Ruby (Author)
Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade
Series: Aladdin Historical Fiction
While her family is restoring an old house in Lawrence, Kansas, 12-year-old Dana discovers the diary of a Quaker woman whose family sheltered runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad.
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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
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ISBN-13
9780689824357
Lexile Measure
890
Guided Reading Level
V
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Publication date
January 01, 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
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
