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?