House of Stairs (Library)
Format: Library
ISBN:
9781439514931 (1439514933)
Publish date: August 11th 2008
Publisher: Paw Prints
Pages no: 166
Edition language: English
The reader is thrown into a perplexing and grim environment right off the bat. One by one we're introduced to five teenagers who have been brought into an experiment. Few details of their outside life are explained, a grim series of foster homes and orphanages for four of them and the last goes at l...
A modern classic. I read House of Stairs frequently as a child, and was happy to see this speculative novel from 1974 stands the test of time.That's because Sleator wisely keeps the "futuristic" science fiction touches to a minimum. There's a very '70s reference to air pollution, but it isn't pivota...
Lately, I've been re-reading books that I had read as a teen, and I'm happy to say that thirty years later, I still love this book. The amazing thing (to me) is that House of Stairs is just as current today as it was back then. It is set in an unspecified, futuristic setting, yet now its seems ver...
I received the sad news today that Bill Sleator died. Bill was a wonderful man and a great author. I loved turning kids on to his books. House of Stairs is one my favorites. I've read it several times and booktalked it often.
Fünf 16-jährige Waisen, die in einem dystopischen Amerika leben, finden sich ohne Vorwarnung in einem fantastisch anmutenden Gebäude wieder, das nur aus Treppen besteht, sie haben fliessendes Wasser und eine Grundmenge an Nahrung, die ihnen aber nur zugeteilt wird, wenn sie sich in einer bestimmten ...
Log in with Facebook 
 by William Sleator, now listed on BookLikes)