Withering-By-Sea by Judith Rossell
A stalwart orphan sets out on a spine-tingling adventure in this wildly imaginative and darkly funny Victorian middle grade novel. High on a cliff above the gloomy Victorian town of Withering-by-Sea stands the Hotel Majestic. Inside the walls of the damp, dull hotel, eleven-year-old orphan Stella Montgomery leads a miserable life with her three dreadful aunts. Stella dreams of adventuring on the Amazon--or anyplace, really, as long as it isn't this dreary town where nothing ever happens. Then one night Stella sees something she shouldn't have. Soon she finds herself on the run from terrifying Professor Stark and his gang of thugs. But how can one young girl outwit an evil magician, much less rescue his poor, mistreated assistant? With the help of a mysterious maestro, his musical cats, and a lively girl named Gert, Stella Montgomery sets out to do just that.The bestselling Stella Montgomery series (Withering-by-Sea, Wormwood Mire, Wakestone Hall, and A Garden of Lilies: Improving Stories for Young Minds) is written and illustrated by Judith Rossell, who has won numerous awards. Judith worked as a government scientist (not a mad scientist, but a normal type of scientist) and for a cotton-spinning company (which created threads for T-shirts and denim jeans, as well as mops and teabag strings) before starting her career in children's books. Judith is the author of thirteen novels and the illustrator of almost eighty. Her work has been published in the United States and the United Kingdom, and has been translated into over twenty languages. Judith has a walrus-sized cat and lives in Melbourne, Australia. Judithrossell's website is www.judithrossell.com.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781481443678 |
| ISBN 10 | 1481443674 |
| Title | Withering-By-Sea |
| Author | Judith Rossell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| Year published | 2016-03-08 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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