{"product_id":"the-house-of-stairs-9780140345803","title":"The House of Stairs","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis chilling, suspenseful indictment of mind control is a classic of science fiction and will haunt readers long after the last page is turned.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne 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? \u003cp\u003e\"An intensely suspenseful page-turner.\" --School Library Journal \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A riveting suspense novel with an anti-behaviorist message that works . . . because it emerges only slowly from the chilling events.\" --Kirkus Reviews \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Puffin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140345803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.10h x 4.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 979\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2010 pg. 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e47131 \/ House of Stairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"William Sleator","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634764116124,"sku":"9780140345803","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1e967174-25db-4bab-ab1d-8f03b1ff5ea1.jpg?v=1603837590","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-house-of-stairs-9780140345803","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}