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The House of Dies Drear

slaje221 — 2016-03-11 13:42:23 UTC

By: Virginia Hamilton

Chapter 1 part 2- March 11, 2016

slaje221 — 2016-03-11 13:46:17 UTC

The man hops down and tells Thomas not to come closer. Thomas runs away, gets captured and wakes up.

Chapter 1 part 1 - March 14, 2016

slaje221 — 2016-03-11 14:07:53 UTC

The book starts with Thomas Small having a dream where he is walking through the woods, when he sees a man in a pine tree.

Citations

slaje221 — 2016-03-11 14:12:20 UTC

Pixabay - background image

Chapter 1 part 3 - March 15, 201

slaje221 — 2016-03-15 13:08:00 UTC

Thomas talks about how he is moving into a new house in Ohio. He asked his father if slaves passed through Ohio to get to freedom.

Word Search - Chapter 1 & 2

slaje221 — 2016-03-15 13:16:03 UTC

S Y R K X C H L J T U D A O R L I A R E 
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G Z O U Z N R I L A D M H U J R K M X O 
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O E M V T S C V K C R O N B M A N V U A 
V I Q X J A D Z S N G J I U H A C I O B 
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L H R Z D C C S P Y O Z A C D F G V Y I 
O K D F R V U T Z R U O W A Z X V X M T 
L V N P S E N P B E N N J N G Q Z N O X 
A D U B H L N L I V D P Q A D E Z O D C 
V Q I K M A U K U A R V X D O W B C P Z 
F M O S I E J N G L Y Z N A E Z W I Q Z 
U X E T F B D Q I S X I A Y I U Z L W D 
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BLUEFIELD
CANADA
DIES
DREAR
FREEDOM
HAUNTED
OHIO
PLUTO
RAILROAD
SLAVERY
STATIONS
THOMAS
TWINS
UNDERGROUND

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slaje221 — 2016-03-21 15:06:16 UTC

Chapter 3 summary pt. 1

slaje221 — 2016-04-11 23:12:33 UTC

Thomas sees his new house for the first time. Mrs. Small thinks the house will never be pretty. Thomas thinks the house has secrets.

Chapter 3 summary pt. 2

slaje221 — 2016-05-17 22:57:57 UTC

The Smalls look at their furniture and at other furniture in the house. Mrs. Small loves the way the living room furniture is arranged.

Chapter 3 summary pt. 3

slaje221 — 2016-05-18 00:27:40 UTC

The Billy and Buster think they see ghosts. Thomas thinks it was something else that was more real.

Chapter 4 summary

slaje221 — 2016-05-18 00:40:57 UTC

Thomas sees a black horse, a little girl and a boy. Thomas asks questions about the little girl. Mr. Small accuses Thomas of making things up.

Chapter 5 summary pt. 1

slaje221 — 2016-05-18 01:28:53 UTC

Thomas' parents do not believe that Thomas heard noises in the tunnels because when Mr. Small checks, he hears nothing.

Chapter 5 summary pt.1

slaje221 — 2016-05-18 01:50:24 UTC

Thomas gets his new room. Thomas wants to look around the house after lights out. Mr. Small gives him an hour.

Chapter 6 summary pt.1

slaje221 — 2016-05-18 01:52:05 UTC

Thomas takes notice of every flower bed, window and bad pieces of siding while walking around the house. Thomas thinks Mr. Pluto planted flowers with poison.

Ch. 6 summary pt. 2

slaje221 — 2016-05-18 01:58:10 UTC

Thomas discovers five entrances into the house: a front entrance, one on either side of the house and two in the rear.

Chapter 6 summary pt. 3

slaje221 — 2016-05-18 02:01:44 UTC

Thomas hears noises again, They sound like "Ahhhhh, ahhhh, Ahhhh, ahhhhh." Thomas kept getting closer to it. Two platform doors opened.