Name: House of Stairs
ISBN: 9780590317689

William Sleator

Five fifteen-year-old orphans of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in a house of endless stairs as subjects for a psychological experiment on conditioned human response.

House of Stairs

Five sixteen-year-old orphans of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in a house of endless stairs as subjects for a psychological experiment on conditioned human response. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reissue.

Jeannette Ordas

I really enjoyed this book and waffled whether it was 4 star worthy - I think it's close. The book cover that I got from the library was so much better than the one listed here and the author photo on the back (William Sleator hanging out in a lawn chair drinking a beer looking off to the side???) is the best author photo ever! The story was well told and it seemed surprisingly modern while at the same time kind of dated in that is just seemed like so many of those social experiments (prisoner/prison guard) done in the 70s. I did hate that the most despicable character had to be the "piggish" fat girl, but otherwise, well told.

House of Stairs

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