House of Stairs (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780140345803)

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

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?

"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

Author: William Sleator
ISBN-10: 0140345809
ISBN-13: 9780140345803
Publisher: Puffin Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1991
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 7.10h x 4.40w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.3
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 47131 / House of Stairs


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 979
New Yorker (The) 06/15/2010 pg. 132