Withering-by-Sea
Withering-by-Sea

Withering-by-Sea

Written and illustrated by Judith Rossell
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8 - 12
Reading age
288
Page count
163
Words per page
670L
Lexile measure
Mar 21, 2017
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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 the impossible.

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      Author & Illustrator
      Judith Rossell

      I am an illustrator and writer, and I live in Melbourne, which is down at the bottom, right hand corner of Australia. I have been writing and illustrating books for more than 20 years, I have written 13 books, and illustrated more than 80. I like tea and chocolate. My parents met in the belfry of a church. I have been bitten by both an Arctic Skua and an Antarctic Skua and I have had my lunch stolen by an emu. I have a fat cat who shouts at me when I sleep too late in the morning.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9781481443685
    Publication Date
    March 21, 2017
    Publisher
    Atheneum Books for Young Readers
    Original Publication Date
    November 1, 2014
    Page Count
    288
    Words Per Page
    163
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
    2015002051
    Lexile® Level
    670L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~P
    ATOS® Book Level
    4.9
    Accelerated Reader® Points
    7
    Accelerated Reader Quiz
    181798
    Accelerated Reader Interest Level
    MG

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