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3.8 30
Middle Grade Fiction 505
The House of Dies Drear
(Updated: June 21, 2026)
Overall rating
 
5.0
Plot
 
5.0
Characters
 
N/A
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Reader reviewed by lily


Thomas Small has to move to house that is known as The House of Dies Drear. He has heard from his father that Dies Drear and two slaves were murdered there. He has also heard rumors that the ghosts still Rome the halls of the large house.


When Thomas finished bringing his stuff inside he brought the boys outside. He found a button on the door handle. He pressed it and the steps lifted up. Thomas had found himself a passage.


Then he went outside to look around, but not for long. A creature attacked him from behind and chases him through the large mass of pine trees. He managed to get inside with some scratches and mud splattered all over himself.


On Saturday night he grabbed his blankets and camped out in the front room, but when he was fast asleep a black figure came into the house and placed three metal and wood triangles at the door of Thomas parents, Thomas, and his brothers.



 


My opinion of this book is that it was good and bad at the same time, because the suspense I think would draw people in. But the ongoing conversations would make you snore for a million years.



 


I would recommend this book to adults and children the age of 9-30.

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