All of william sleators books, pretty much, are good for young science fiction readers. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. A selection of unsettling storiesone in graphic form along with two poemsby such authors as ray bradbury, jack prelutsky, william sleator, robert service, roald dahl, shel silverstein, and others as well as mr. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the boxes. The beasties by william sleator, 1997, dutton childrens books edition, in english 1st ed. Its a timetraveling yarn published in the early 80s when the concept was still novel. William sleator 19452011 was the author of numerous science fiction books for children and young adults, including interstellar pig, house of. Annies uncle marco goes on one of his mysterious trips, leaving her in charge of two sealed boxes on one condition. Jul 22, 2019 the beasties by william sleator, 1997, dutton childrens books edition, in english 1st ed. Among the dolls navy general library program downloadable. The duplicate project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks.
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The boy who reversed himself book by william sleator. Test ebook por william sleator 97816120026 rakuten kobo. Aug 01, 2000 william sleator 19452011 was the author of numerous science fiction books for children and young adults, including interstellar pig, house of stairs, and blackbriar. In 1967, he received a ba in english from harvard university. His first novel, blackbriar, was published in 1972.
Primer is highly reminiscent of the green futures of tycho, singularity, the boy who reversed himself, the duplicate, and strange attractors and those are only the ones i read before losing track of sleator in the early 1990s. Publication date 1986 topics science fiction publisher new york. The green futures of tycho kindle edition by sleator, william. The phantom limb the ohio digital library overdrive. For more than thirty years, william sleator has thrilled readers with his inventive books that blend real science with stories that explore our darkest fears and wishes. Meet bill, the mastermind oldest brother who runs the show. A master of teen thrillers tests readers courage in an edgeofyourseat novel that echoes the fears of.
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Louis, missouri, sleator was the eldest of four children. His mother, vera, is in the hospital with a mysterious illness, and the only person left to care for isaac is his distant grandfather. Dutton childrens books, c2001 first scholastic printing, november 2002t. Test ebook by william sleator 97816120026 rakuten kobo. Zlibrary is one of the largest online libraries in the world that contains over 4,960,000 books and 77,100,000 articles. William sleator s most popular book is house of stairs. I love how this author really makes you get sucked up into experiencing the attitudes of the. Js fourteenyearold susan lives on the edge of a garden, a very strange garden, because it was built by a physicist. Digitizing sponsor internet archive contributor internet archive language english. After graduating from harvard university with a degree in eng.
For more than thirty years, william sleator thrilled readers with his inventive books. When laura finds her homework in her locker with its writing reversed, she. Sep 14, 2011 the american sciencefiction author william sleator, who has died unexpectedly aged 66, wrote novels for children and young adults that varied between grossout funny and deep melancholy. Not only is the stranger going to live with them for a year, but julie is convinced hell be a nerd and will embarrass her at school. The spirit house ebook charlotte mecklenburg library. He has a way of taking even science fiction cliches and making them something to wonder about again. Click download or read online button to get the boy who reversed himself book now. William sleator author for more than thirty years, william sleator has thrilled readers with his inventive books that blend real science with stories that explore our darkest fears and wishes. After testing the device on his pet fish, david makes a clone of himself so that he could go on a date with his crush, angela, while his clone attends his grandmothers birthday. Friendless and often alone, isaac loses himself in his collection of optical illusions, including a strange mirror box that he finds in.
House of stairs william sleator five fifteenyearold orphans of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in a house of endless stairs as subjects for a psychological experiment on conditioned human. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. William sleator has 35 books on goodreads with 55356 ratings. Read test by william sleator available from rakuten kobo. House of stairs by william sleator house of stairs by william sleator pdf, epub ebook d0wnl0ad this chilling, suspenseful indictment of mind control is a classic of science fiction and will haunt readers long after the last page is turned. Paperback from learning links, see our free shipping offer and bulk order pricing.
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