House of Stairs - by William Sleator (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"First published in the U.S.A. by E.P. Dutton, 1974"--T.p. verso. <p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>This chilling, suspenseful indictment of mind control is a classic of science fiction and will haunt readers long after the last page is turned.</b> <p/>One by one, five sixteen-year-old orphans are brought to a strange building. It is not a prison, not a hospital; it has no walls, no ceiling, no floor. Nothing but endless flights of stairs leading nowhere--except back to a strange red machine. The five must learn to love the machine and let it rule their lives. But will they let it kill their souls? <p>An intensely suspenseful page-turner. --School Library Journal <p/>A riveting suspense novel with an anti-behaviorist message that works . . . because it emerges only slowly from the chilling events. --Kirkus Reviews <p/></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>When people talk about classic dystopian novels for young readers, the same titles come up again and again: <i>The Giver</i>. <i>City of Ember</i>. A few others. But one classic book in that subgenre deserves a lot more love: <i>House of Stairs</i> by William Sleator. --io9.com<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>William Sleator (1945-2011) is the author of numerous science fiction books for children and young adults, including <i>Interstellar Pig</i>, <i>House of Stairs</i>, and <i>Blackbriar</i>.
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