false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167544536m/24875.jpg 24875 15 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. <P> "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 881499 1974 House of Stairs total:497|5:172|4:168|3:111|2:30|1:16| 497 1941 702 93 5 2 false false Sun Nov 30 21:07:43 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 12:44:14 -0800 2008
This book is recommended for 9-12 year olds, however, I think it might be a bit intense for the younger side of this group, and I, as an adult, thoroughly enjoyed Slater's treatment of this psychological horror....more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 13 18:34:57 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 19:24:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 07:09:50 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 07:16:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 07:13:33 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 07:14:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Dec 09 22:51:10 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 09 22:59:08 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 18:22:05 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 16:36:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 15:53:22 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 09:20:43 -0700 2009
Five 16-year-old orphans are placed in a terrifying, apparentl...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 05:15:28 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 22:38:09 -0700 2009
Ok, it was the same book! I'm so pleased because for years I've been wondering what the name of that book I remem...more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun May 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 20:32:25 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 20:33:17 -0700 2009 House of Stairs after reading an interesting description in the LibraryThing Group "Name That Book." However, the individual looking for the title of the book described a far more compelling novel than I found Sleator's ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 07 17:29:22 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 17:33:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Oct 11 22:13:20 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 31 10:47:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1984 Tue May 20 19:55:21 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 19:55:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 08:48:20 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 11:21:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 12:21:35 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 19:44:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 21:38:55 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 13:57:42 -0700 2009 perfect telling of the story. I would not have changed one thing. Stories of this genre are often told in crass, even vile ways, and I so much appreciated how the author treated this story about base humanity with dign...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 12:36:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 12:38:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Thu Jun 28 20:25:47 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 20:32:01 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 16 21:05:21 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 21:06:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Sat Aug 16 09:22:10 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 13:27:17 -0700 2008
Anyway, after having a baby...I started thinking about this book. In "House of Stairs," a bunch of orphans are thro...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 27 11:05:07 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 27 11:06:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=24875