House of Stairs

William Sleator
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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?
Genres: Young AdultScience FictionFictionHorrorDystopiaFantasyTeenThrillerMysteryChildrens
176 Pages

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