The Secret of the Underground Room

Author	John Bellairs
Illustrator	Edward Gorey
Publication date	Dec. 17, 1990
Pages	127
Publication order
Proceeded by:	The Chessmen of Doom
Followed by:	The Mansion in the Mist
Series order
Series	Johnny Dixon #8
Proceeded by:	The Chessmen of Doom
Followed by:	The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie
Trivia
Awards
Content
Editions

The Secret of the Underground Room is the seventh book in the Johnny Dixon series, published in 1990. It was the last book published in Bellairs's lifetime.

Plot

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Cast

Protagonists

Main article: Johnny Dixon series characters

• Johnny Dixon
• Byron "Fergie" Ferguson
• Roderick Childermass
• Thomas Higgins
• Humphrey Childermass

Antagonists

• Rufus Masterman

Setting

• Mid-1950s
  • Duston Heights, Massachusetts
  • Bristol, England
  • Isle of Lundy, England

Dedication

To Lyla, a good friend in a difficult time.

External links

• Bellairsia
  • The Secret of the Underground Room at Bellairsia blog
  • The Secret of the Underground Room at Bellairsia Review

Johnny Dixon Series

Bellairs Corpus
By John Bellairs	The Curse of the Blue Figurine (1983) The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt (1983) The Spell of the Sorcerer's Skull (1984) The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost (1985) The Eyes of the Killer Robot (1986) The Trolley to Yesterday (1989) The Chessmen of Doom (1989) The Secret of the Underground Room (1990)
Completed by Brad Strickland	The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie (1994)
By Brad Strickland	The Hand of the Necromancer (1996) The Bell, the Book, and the Spellbinder (1997) The Wrath of the Grinning Ghost (1999)
Series
Who's who	Johnny Dixon | Byron Ferguson | Roderick Childermass | Thomas Higgins | Charles Coote | Henry Dixon | Kate Dixon | Sarah Channing
What's what	Saint Michael's Catholic Church
Where's there	Duston Heights, Massachusetts