House of Stairs
Verlag | Penguin US |
Alter | ab 10 Jahre |
Auflage | 1991 |
Seiten | 166 |
Format | 11,0 x 17,8 x 1,2 cm |
Gewicht | 128 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Puffin Teenage Fiction |
ISBN-10 | 0140345809 |
EAN | 9780140345803 |
Bestell-Nr | 14034580EA |
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
Rezension:
"When people talk about classic dystopian novels for young readers, the same titles come up again and again: The Giver. City of Ember. A few others. But one classic book in that subgenre deserves a lot more love: House of Stairs by William Sleator." --io9.com