- Science fiction, Juvenile fiction, Brainwashing, Technology
Set in a dystopian America in the near future, the story tells of the experiences of five 16-year-olds who were living in orphanages who wake up to find themselves in a strange building that has no walls, no ceiling, and no floor: nothing but endless flights of stairs leading in every direction, seemingly infinite, so that it is impossible to get one's bearings or have perspective.
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Intimate, contemporary, grave and earnest.
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- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- William Sleator
- First published
- 1974
- Pages
- 166
- Publisher
- Peter Smith Pub Inc, Puffin Books, Dutton Juvenile
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English, German
- ISBN
- 9780356139562
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