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Withering-by-Sea

Stella, eleven, gets her dreamed-of adventure when something she should not have seen in the damp, dull hotel where she lives with three dreadful aunts on a cliff above Withering-by-Sea sends her on the run from stage magician Professor Starke and his thugs, eluding danger, making new friends, and f...

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Main Author: Rossell, Judith (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2016]
Edition:First US Edition.
Series:Rossell, Judith. Stella Montgomery intrigue ; 1.
Subjects:
Adventure and adventurers > Juvenile fiction.
Hotels, motels, etc. > Juvenile fiction.
Magic > Juvenile fiction.
Identity (Philosophical concept) > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Aunts > Juvenile fiction.
Mystery fiction > Juvenile.
Action and adventure fiction > Juvenile.
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Withering-by-Sea One Stella Montgomery lay hidden behind the ferns in the conservatory of the Hotel Majestic, flat on the mossy tiles, tracing a path through the Amazon jungle in a small, damp atlas. She skirted around a vague outcrop of some kind--possibly mildew--and continued upriver. The drip and trickle of water and the hiss of steam under the grating in the floor seemed to mingle with the swish of jungle trees in the wind and the screams of parrots. Stella wiped some water drops off the map and read, On the trees, thousands of curious and gorgeous orchids live and flower. The jungle was full of all kinds of dangers--vampire bats, earthquakes, and hunters armed with blowpipes full of poison darts. Excerpted from Withering-By-Sea by Judith Rossell All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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