Wormwood Mire (Hardcover)

This spine-tingling sequel to "Withering-by-Sea" sees 11-year-old Stella sent away to the moldering old family estate of Wormwood Mire, where she discovers two odd cousins--and and more clues to the mysteries of her family and of herself. Illustrations. This spine-tingling sequel to Withering-by-Sea sees Stella sent away to the moldering old family estate, where she discovers two odd cousins--and a mystery.

Eleven-year-old Stella Montgomery has always wondered about her family. What happened to her mother? And could she have a long-lost sister somewhere? Stella's awful Aunts refuse to tell her anything, and now they have sent her Stella away to the old family home at Wormwood Mire, where she must live with two strange cousins and their governess.

But dark secrets slither and skulk within overgrown grounds of the moldering house, and Stella must be brave if she's to find out who--or what--she really is...