Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Scholastic education trade publishing international about scholastic customer service contact us. He finds out that the psychic is using his soul to kill others. Books and movies concerning zombies or other types of reanimated dead people have always freaked me out a bit. I checked the ya shelf under sleator and found this and several others. This is a fiction book were a boy named ken gave his soul to a lady so he could become vulnerable to death. Here he gives fans a spin on the classic zombie story. William warner sleator iii 1945 biography personal.
Just make sure your book actually fits in with the theme of this blog and is in fact a young adult title. Sixteenyearold ken loses his best friend in a plane crash and now he wants to be invulnerable. More by and about this author sleator house of stairs journeys to the voodoozombie lore of the caribbean for his latest thriller, about a boy whose fear of death prompts him to give up his. The boy who reversed himself 1986 is a science fiction novel by william sleator. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. This book which is categorized as a horror tells a. This book which is categorized as a horror tells a very gloomy story about the main character. Apr 01, 2005 his first novel, blackbriar, was published in 1972. Books by william sleator authors like william sleator. After realizing that something like this could happen to him, he takes a huge and risky precaution to ensure his safety. I deliberately used the term science fiction as opposed to the more vernacular scifi because sleator inserts real science into his stories. Death, teens, murder, dying, sleep killings, horror, zombie, supernatural, paranormal, brief summary.
W illiam sleator has been writing science fiction books for young adults for more than thirty years. Death, teens, murder, dying, sleep killings, horror, zombie, supernatural, paranormal. The novel deals with an exploration into other dimensions, and provides a journey into the world beyond our own. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Summary ken is a average seventeen year old who lived life normally everyday. He finds cheri buttercup in the phone book and decides to pay her a visit. But he has nightmares of killing people he doesnt know, and he ends up learning that the murders are actually happening. Apr 01, 2005 william sleater writes some of the best young adult books you could ever imagine. The book was like a carnival ride that you just cant get enough of.
Zoe this book was really cool but i think he went a little overboard on the details of dead roger and the gore kind of stuff. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Im lying in some kind of box, and im paralyzed, i can t move an arm, a leg, a finger. Supernatural in fiction, fiction, immortality in fiction, immortality, supernatural, zombies, zombies in fiction.
This book was about a boy scared of death and makes a deal with a voodoo witch to become invincible. I tried finding a good description for the book online, but they either seemed to give too little detail or too. The main character, ken, is faced with the horror of the death of his best friend roger. William sleator books list of books by author william. Sleator, a recognized master of scifi and horror and a favorite of reluctant readers, is a paperback powerhouse, with more than 600,000 copies of his novels sold in softcover. Abrams 161 pages here he shifts from science fiction to horror, with a plot based on hollywoodstyle voodoo lore. Our database contains thousands of files, all of which are available in txt, djvu, epub, pdf formats, so you can choose a pdf alternative if you need it. I read interstellar pig a few days ago and decided i wanted to read more sleator books how i found it. It starts off with the main character, ken, walking from his house in new york to cherri buttercups, an. Its not the usual dead body coming alive sort of thing, though there is some of that in this book. Devastated by rogers death, ken seeks out trashy cheri buttercup, who promises to remove his soul in order to make him immortal.
William warner sleator iii february, 1945 august 3, 2011, known as william sleator, was an american science fiction author who wrote primarily young adult novels but also wrote for younger readers. I really like william sleator the elevator, the beasties, but had a hard time with the ending to this book. Then his friend rodger died in a plane crash he realized. However, the moral of the story of course is be careful what you wish for. It is so detailed and william sleater describes how the character is feeling really well and what is going through their minds. Im lying in some kind of box, and im paralyzed, i cant move an arm, a leg, a finger. His first novel, blackbriar, was published in 1972. Supernatural in fiction, fiction, immortality in fiction, immortality, supernatural, zombies, zombies in. She controls his soul, and, in his dreams, controls what he does. The characters in bread of salt are the boy who is the main character and is never named, aida, the girl the boy likes, saez, the guy who invites the boy to play in his band, and other band members. It was suspenseful, full of action and romance, as well as a book that you would stay up all night to read. His picture book, the angry moon, won a caldecott award in 1971. His books typically deal with adolescents coming across a peculiar phenomenon related to an element of theoretical science, then trying to. Average school boy who has a big bully in school and the pretty girl thats with him that was kens life everyday.
He wrote more than 30 books including house of stairs, interstellar pig, the green futures of tycho, strange attractors, the spirit house, the. Publication date 2004 topics immortality, zombies, supernatural. A high school girl, laura, grows suspicious when a report of hers appears in mirror writing, and omar, the weird boy next door, makes it go back to normal. William sleater writes some of the best young adult books you could ever imagine. This boy named ken is scared of dying after the death of his best friend.
For more than thirty years, william sleator has thrilled readers with his inventive books, which blend real science with stories that explore our darkest fears. The book was like a carnival ride that you just can t get enough of. It starts off with the main character, ken, walking from his house in new york to cherri buttercups, an evil spell caster, house in queens. Early in the book the main character faces the death of a friend named roger. But he has nightmares of killing people he doesn t know, and he ends up learning that the murders are actually happening. Oct 23, 2009 based upon the story by william sleator watch on my other channel, this video has the audiovideo out of sync same video. After teenager ken pritchard loses his best friend in a plane crash, he begins to think about ways of avoiding death himself and discovering the key to immortality. At the beginning of this book, a 16year old boy, ken pritchard, has just found out that his best friend.
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