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  1. The Boy Who Couldn't Die

    by William Sleator

    The "brisk, addictive" thriller, now in paperback! Sleator, a recognized master of sci-fi and horror and a favorite of reluctant readers, is a paperback powerhouse, with more than 600,000 copies of his novels sold in softcover. Here he gives fans a spin on the classic zombie story, following... (learn more about this book)

  2. House of Stairs

    by William Sleator

    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... (learn more about this book)

  3. Pig: Book 1

    Interstellar Pig

    by William Sleator

    Barney is all set to spend two weeks doing nothing at his parents’ summer house. But then he meets the neighbors, and things start to get interesting. Zena, Manny, and Joe are not your average folks on vacation. In fact, Barney suspects they’re not from Earth at all. Not only are they... (learn more about this book)

  4. Hell Phone

    by William Sleator

    A murder story with a devilish twist. Nick wants a cell phone so he can talk to his girlfriend Jen after school, but he doesn’t have a lot of money. The used phone he buys seems like a bargain, until the phone calls begin—strangers calling night and day, some begging for help, others making... (learn more about this book)

  5. Test

    by William Sleator

    Pass, and have it made—fail, and suffer the consequences. A master of teen thrillers tests readers’ courage in an edge-of-your-seat novel that echoes the fears of exam-takers everywhere. Ann, a teenage girl living in the security-obsessed, elitist United States of the very near future, is... (learn more about this book)

  6. The Boxes

    The Boxes

    by William Sleator

    Annie's Uncle Marco goes on one of his mysterious trips, leaving her in charge of two sealed boxes on one condition: she must not open either one while he is away. But she is tempted...and soon she has unleashed the unspeakable. The creatures inside the box are crab-like and grotesque. And... (learn more about this book)

  7. The Beasties

    by William Sleator

    At first Doug doesn't believe the rumors about bloodthirsty creatures who are said to have left a trail of amputated victims across the northern woods. Then, he and his younger sister find signs of a mysterious presence in the land behind their home. They are about to meet the Beasties, a... (learn more about this book)

  8. Singularity

    by William Sleator

    Sixteen-year-old twins Harry and Barry Krasner stumble across a gateway to another universe, where a distortion in time and space causes a dramatic change in their competitive relationship. Reissue. K. AB.

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  9. Rewind

    by William Sleator

    When Peter is hit by a car, he is given the ultimate do-over: go back to any point in time before that fateful moment, and alter the events leading up to his death. If he fails, he will die again-this time, for good. Now Peter's racing against time to save his own life, but what should he... (learn more about this book)

  10. The Boy Who Reversed Himself

    by William Sleator

    When Laura finds her homework in her locker with its writing reversed, she's baffled, until she learns an unbelievable secret: her weird neighbor, Omar, has the ability to travel to the fourth dimension. Laura forces him to take her there--and then, a novice in four-space, she goes there on... (learn more about this book)

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