The House of Stairs

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 04/01/1991
ISBN: 9780140345803
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 7.10h x 4.40w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 979
New Yorker (The) 06/15/2010 pg. 132

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 47131 / House of Stairs
Reading Level: 6.3 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 7