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House of Stairs Mass market (i.e. 4 by 7 inch softcover) - 1991

by William Sleator

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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? This chilling, suspenseful indictment of mind control is a classic of science fiction and will haunt readers long after the last page is turned.

'An intensely suspenseful page-turner.' School Library Journal

'A riveting suspense novel with an anti-behaviorist message that works . . . because it emerges only slowly from the chilling events.' Kirkus ReviewsEND

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Penguin, 1991. Later Edition. Mass Market (i.e. 4 by 7 inch softcover). New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition)/N/A (volume is softcover). New
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Details

  • Title House of Stairs
  • Author William Sleator
  • Binding Mass Market (i.e. 4 by 7 inch softcover)
  • Edition Later Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1991
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 000-100282
  • ISBN 9780140345803 / 0140345809
  • Weight 0.28 lbs (0.13 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.1 x 4.4 x 0.5 in (18.03 x 11.18 x 1.27 cm)
  • Ages 10 to UP years
  • Grade levels 5 - UP
  • Reading level 810
  • Library of Congress subjects Science fiction, Science fiction, American
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90041419
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

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? This chilling, suspenseful indictment of mind control is a classic of science fiction and will haunt readers long after the last page is turned.

?An intensely suspenseful page-turner.? ?School Library Journal

?A riveting suspense novel with an anti-behaviorist message that works . . . because it emerges only slowly from the chilling events.? ?Kirkus Reviews

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2001, Page 979
  • New Yorker (The), 06/15/2010, Page 132

About the author

William Sleator (1945-2011) is the author of numerous science fiction books for children and young adults, including Interstellar Pig, House of Stairs, and Blackbriar.

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