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Wakestone Hall

Stella Montgomery is in disgrace and the Aunts have decided there is only one thing to be done. She is to be sent to Wakestone Hall, a grim and dreadful boarding school where the disobedient are tamed and the wilful are made meek. Life at school is lonely and miserable, and when a friend disappears,...

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Main Author: Rossell, Judith (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Sydney N.S.W. : ABC Books, 2018.
Series:Rossell, Judith. Stella Montgomery intrigue ; 3.
Subjects:
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Boarding schools > Juvenile fiction.
Missing persons > Juvenile fiction.
Loneliness > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Belonging (Social psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Action and adventure fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:Stella Montgomery is in disgrace and the Aunts have decided there is only one thing to be done. She is to be sent to Wakestone Hall, a grim and dreadful boarding school where the disobedient are tamed and the wilful are made meek. Life at school is lonely and miserable, and when a friend disappears, Stella is determined to find her - no matter the dangers that certainly lie ahead. Soon Stella is thrown deeper into the mysteries of Wakestone and her own past. Will Stella be able to save her friend in time? And will she discover - at long last - who she is and where she truly belongs?
Physical Description:270 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9780733338205
0733338208
9781460708187
1460708180
Author Notes:

Judith Russell is an illustrator and author of children's books. Her fisrt job was working as a government scientist. Over time she was drawn into illistrating because she loves drawing pictures. She has written 11 books and illustrated more than 80. Her books have been published in the UK and the USA. Her title Withering-By-the-Sea won an ABIA 2015 Award in the category of Book of the Year for Older Children (0 - 8 years). This same title won a Davitt Awards 2015 in the category of Children's novel. Judith Russell also won an Honour Book at the 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards with her title Withering-by-Sea: A Stella Montgomery Intrigue.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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