Withering-By-Sea

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 03/08/2016
ISBN: 9781481443678
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.90w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2015
School Library Journal 01/01/2016 pg. 93
Booklist 02/15/2016 pg. 77
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2016
Shelf Awareness 03/22/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 pg. 104 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 181798 / Withering-By-Sea
Reading Level: 4.9 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 7