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Ages 12 & up • Young Adult Reads
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William Sleator
THE BEASTIES
“Three months in a forest with his parents
while his dad investigate a peculiar
kind of fungus...[Doug] and his 10year-old
sister discover an entrance to a
hidden tunnel in their new backyard and
come face-to-face with a race of weird
underground dwellers....Loaded with
suspense...Readers will...find the story’s
underlying environmental issues worth
pondering.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, C, H, K, PW, SLJ, V
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 208 pp. 1999
978-0-14-130639-1 $6.99
THE BOXES
When Annie’s mysterious Uncle Marco
leaves two sealed boxes in her care with
the admonition, “Do not open them,”
curiousity gets the better of her and
she opens them both only to unleash
grotesque, crablike creatures in one and
a strange clock that alters time in the
other. “Sleator is the master of the juvenile
creepy-crawly, and his inventiveness
is at full power here.” —The Horn Book
Rec: BL, C, H, K, SLJ, V
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 208 pp. 2000
978-0-14-130810-4 $5.99
THE BOY WHO REVERSED HIMSELF
“A novel that is viscerally exciting, mentally
stimulating and deeply satisfying....
Omar and Laura are travelers into the
fourth dimension [and] the alternative
world they find is a spectacularly successful
speculative achievement.’’
—School Library JournalH
Rec: AY, B, BG, BL, CS, H, K, NYT, PW, R, SLJH, V, W
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 176 pp. 1998
978-0-14-038965-4 $5.99
THE DUPLICATE
When David finds a mysterious machine
that can copy living things, he replicates
himself believing that the double can be
substituted for situations he dislikes. But
the duplicate has ideas and desires of his
own that lead to a struggle for identity
and survival. “Sleator’s mastery of suspense
will leave readers breathless.’’
—School Library JournalH
Rec: AY, BL, C, CR, H, K, PW, SLJH, TE, W
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 160 pp. 1999
978-0-14-130431-1 $5.99
HOUSE OF STAIRS
A contemporary classic. Five sixteenyear-olds
are brought together one by
one to a place that is unlike anything any
of them has ever known. It has no walls,
ceiling, or floor—just endless flights of
stairs. With only one frightening way to
survive, this story unfolds to a highly
readable and haunting story of an alltoo-possible
future.
Rec: AY, BL, C, CR, H, K, NS, PW, SLJ, TE, W
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 176 pp. 1991
978-0-14-034580-3 $5.99
INTERSTELLAR PIG
Teenage Barney’s boring summer by the
sea suddenly brightens with the arrival
of exotic new neighbors. He’s thrilled to
join them in a strange board game called
Interstellar Pig unaware that the game
is real and the stakes unknown. “From
creepy to hilarious to murkily outlandish;
a freewheeling science-fiction nightmare/comedy.’’
—Kirkus
Rec: AN, AY, BL, C, CR, H, K, NC, NYT, PW, SLJ, V, W
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 208 pp. 1995
978-0-14-037595-4 $6.99
INTO THE DREAM
Illustrated by Ruth Sanderson
When two children find that they are
sharing the same dream and communicate
through mental telepathy the result
is a spine-chilling combination of science
fiction, mystery, and espionage. “Tightly
woven suspense . . . a thriller of topnotch
quality.’’ —Booklist
Rec: B, BL, C, CE, IN, K, R, TE, W
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 144 pp. 2000
978-0-14-130814-2 $5.99
ODDBALLS
Meet Bill, the mastermind oldest
brother who runs the show; Vicky, the
only sister, who loves to dye herself and
her friends purple with grape juice and
finally, Danny and Tycho, whose sibling
rivalry leads them to a very strange
experiment with hypnosis. They are the
Sleators—one of the strangest (and funniest)
families you’ll ever meet. “Fresh,
funny, and slightly scatalogical, these
quasi-autobiographical glimpses will grab
and hold attention.” —The Horn Book
Rec: AY, C, H, K, NYTA, SLJH, W
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 144 pp. 1995
978-0-14-037438-4 $5.99
OTHERS SEE US
Jared’s family is making their annual
summer trip to his grandmother’s beach
house. He’ll finally get to see Anelise,
the gorgeous cousin he’s been dreaming
about all year. But almost as soon as
they arrive, Jared wrecks his bike, falling
into a swamp filled with toxic waste.
Later, he begins to notice voices in his
head. Strange voices...almost like other
people’s thoughts. He is horrified to discover
what his family is really like—and
how capable of evil they can be. “A
stunning virtual reality....Nobody does it
better!” —School Library Journal
Rec: C, H, SLJ, W
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 144 pp. 1995
978-0-14-037514-5 $5.99