Wakestone Hall (Stella Montgomery, #3)

Name: Wakestone Hall (Stella Montgomery, #3)
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Judith Rossell
ISBN: 9781460741481

Author: Judith Rossell

Series: Stella Montgomery #3

Narrator: Fiona Hardingham

Unabridged: 5 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 02/02/2022

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Historical Stories, Fantasy Stories, Children's Mystery & Detective

Synopsis

THE MAGICAL CONCLUSION TO STELLA MONTGOMERY'S AWARD-WINNING STORY'the perfect conclusion to a wonderfully quirky Victorian fantasy series'-- Pages & Pages
Stella Montgomery is in disgrace. The Aunts have sent her to Wakestone Hall, a grim boarding school where the disobedient are tamed and the wilful are made meek. But when a friend disappears, Stella is determined to find her -- no matter the danger ...Soon Stella is thrown deeper into the mysteries of Wakestone ... and her own past. Will Stella save her friend in time? And will she discover -- at long last -- where she truly belongs?Bestselling writer-illustrator Judith Rossell returns with the breathtaking final adventure in this award-winning series. Winner of the 2019 Davitt Award for Best Children's Crime Novel.
SERIES AWARDSWithering-by-Sea (Book 1)Winner -- 2015 Indie Awards, Book of the Year: Children's & YAWinner -- 2015 Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year: Older ChildrenWinner -- 2015 Davitt AwardsHonour Book -- 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia AwardsShortlisted -- 2015 Prime Minister's Literary AwardsShortlisted -- 2014 Aurealis AwardsShortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Design AwardsWormwood Mire (Book 2)Winner -- 2017 Davitt AwardsShortlisted -- 2017 Indie Awards, Book of the Year: Children's & YAShortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year: Older ChildrenShortlisted -- 2017 ABA Booksellers' Choice AwardShortlisted -- 2017 Australian Book Design AwardsNotable Book -- 2017 Children's Book Council of Australia Awards

About Judith Rossell

Judith Rossell is the multi-award-winning author-illustrator of the bestselling Stella Montgomery trilogy, Withering-by-Sea, Wormwood Mire and Wakestone Hall, and the middle-grade novel, The Midwatch. Before beginning her career in children's books, she worked as a government scientist and also for a cotton-spinning company. Judith has written sixteen books and illustrated more than eighty. Her work has been published in the US and UK, and translated into twenty languages. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.www.judithrossell.com

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rhyllis on December 28, 2018

Judith Rossell’s marvellous magical Victorian series comes to a conclusion with Wakestone Hall. She has captured the hearts and minds of many young and older readers. Orphan Stella Montgomery’s life has been filled with tragedy, drama and heartache. She has discovered new friends, learnt to self-rel......more

Goodreads review by Liz on January 31, 2019

*Sigh* I loved every bit of this book - the characters, the language, the suspense, the imagery, all of it. My primary school-aged self would have been obsessed.......more

Goodreads review by Julia on November 09, 2018

A perfect conclusion to the series. The best series of all the middle grade fiction set in Victorian era ☺️☺️☺️......more

Goodreads review by Emily on October 29, 2024

Will always love these books, a childhood favourite :)......more

Goodreads review by Elke on December 01, 2019

Der dritte Teil hat mir sogar noch besser gefallen als der Vorgänger (Teil 1 kenne ich leider nicht). Es geht um einiges mysteriöser und fantastischer zu und Stella erfährt auch mehr über ihre Familie, so dass sich viele Fragen über Stellas Herkunft und ihre magische Eigenschaft endlich auflösen las......more