Steal away home is a mystery book. The book starts with Dana and her family working on the house they just bought. Dana and her mom was takeing of wallpaer. When Dana finally gets a whole in the wall she finds a dead body. Her family then calls the cops! As they are investigating Dana looks for clues. She finds a little black notebook. She slide it in her pocket and decided not to tell anyone. The little black notebook is millicent's diary. Dana wants to be an investigator when she grows up. Dr. Baxi lets her be in the room while she works on the aptopsy.
The book then flashes back in time when the dead woman was alive. She was a slave. She is a run away slave to be exact. She stays at James and his families house. James and his sisters must not say anything about the slaves staying at there house to there dad, Caleb. James mom hopes her kids will keep quite. The soldiers then come to the little town to search the houses for run away salves. The town gets very upset so the soldiers arrested most of them.
Dr. Baxi talks to Dana about the new information fount. They descovered the body was female, balck, slave, left handed, and much more. Later on Dana chooses to tell her parent about the notebook. They make a deal that she will only keep it until July 1st and then they will turn it in to Dr. Baxi. Dana figured that was long enough.
Lizbet Charles then comes to stay with the family while Caleb is away. Lizbet tells many amazing stories. Lizbet decided to go look for more slaves later on. There was a storm takeing place at that time but Lizbet didn't care. James ma asked her not to go but Lizbet decided to go anyways. Solomon was staying at the weavers also and Lizbet told him before she left no to get married. The families house cought on fire. The neighbors came and help put it out. The marshals decided to send some troops to watch the weavers house because they thought that they was helping slaves. In which, they was helping slaves while Caleb was gone. James moms father dies so she goes to visite Millicent's mother and go to the funeral with Rebecca. While they are gone Lizbet comes back home and is very sick. Lizbet dies not long after she returns.
A tornado struck down in Kansas.While Dana was in the cellar all she could think about is Lizbet and how she stayed in the same cellar. Later on Dana and her family goes to California. They went to visite her cousin! Dana's dad wanted to read the diary so on the plain ride back she lets him read it. Dana learned that James had built the castle in her neighbor hood. When Dana and her family goes to the Wolcott's case and Dana finds a stone in front of a tree. Ingraved in the stone Dana found it said "Buildings may tumble but leaves and grass are eternal, plant this tree in memory of Mathew Luke Charles and Elizabeth Charles April 1st 1877 J.B.W! J.B.W is James Weaver! Turns out the dead woman Dana found is Lizbet Charles.
The book then flashes back in time when the dead woman was alive. She was a slave. She is a run away slave to be exact. She stays at James and his families house. James and his sisters must not say anything about the slaves staying at there house to there dad, Caleb. James mom hopes her kids will keep quite. The soldiers then come to the little town to search the houses for run away salves. The town gets very upset so the soldiers arrested most of them.
Dr. Baxi talks to Dana about the new information fount. They descovered the body was female, balck, slave, left handed, and much more. Later on Dana chooses to tell her parent about the notebook. They make a deal that she will only keep it until July 1st and then they will turn it in to Dr. Baxi. Dana figured that was long enough.
Lizbet Charles then comes to stay with the family while Caleb is away. Lizbet tells many amazing stories. Lizbet decided to go look for more slaves later on. There was a storm takeing place at that time but Lizbet didn't care. James ma asked her not to go but Lizbet decided to go anyways. Solomon was staying at the weavers also and Lizbet told him before she left no to get married. The families house cought on fire. The neighbors came and help put it out. The marshals decided to send some troops to watch the weavers house because they thought that they was helping slaves. In which, they was helping slaves while Caleb was gone. James moms father dies so she goes to visite Millicent's mother and go to the funeral with Rebecca. While they are gone Lizbet comes back home and is very sick. Lizbet dies not long after she returns.
A tornado struck down in Kansas.While Dana was in the cellar all she could think about is Lizbet and how she stayed in the same cellar. Later on Dana and her family goes to California. They went to visite her cousin! Dana's dad wanted to read the diary so on the plain ride back she lets him read it. Dana learned that James had built the castle in her neighbor hood. When Dana and her family goes to the Wolcott's case and Dana finds a stone in front of a tree. Ingraved in the stone Dana found it said "Buildings may tumble but leaves and grass are eternal, plant this tree in memory of Mathew Luke Charles and Elizabeth Charles April 1st 1877 J.B.W! J.B.W is James Weaver! Turns out the dead woman Dana found is Lizbet Charles.