What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

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► UNSOLVED: One specific book > YA - 10 (?) YO orphans fed only when they are mean

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message 1: by Sara (new)

Sara Serwacki | 6 comments I read this in the late 70's. An unnamed/unseen group collects orphans and conducts a psychological/sociological experiment and puts them in a multileveled room with a machine that only sends food down the chute if they are mean. It becomes a Survivor/Lord of the Flies situation, but in the end our narrator (boy) and another girl refuse to comply and in the end are removed from the experiment because they are "skewing" the results.


message 2: by Andy (new)

Andy | 2124 comments House of Stairs by William Sleator House of Stairs


message 3: by Anne (new)

Anne (absconderanne) | 37 comments I second House of Stairs.


message 4: by Kris (new)

Kris | 54961 comments Mod
"10 (?) YO orphans" means "10(?) year old orphans?"


message 5: by Rainbowheart (new)

Rainbowheart | 28693 comments Still out there, Sara?


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