Watermark Books and Cafe

  March 17. 6:00 p.m. Watermark welcomes young adult author Lois Ruby for a book reading and signing!  Lois Ruby will be at Watermark to read from “Steal Away Home,” a gripping mystery that delves into Kansas’ bloody past in the days before the Civil War. 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? The event is in conjunction with the African American Catholic Council conference (at Newman University on February 18th) titled: “Weaving a Fabric of Faith: Our Common Thread.”