5/27/2023 0 Comments The Angry Moon by William Sleator![]() ![]() ![]() Just stairs, endlessly progressing up and down. There are no walls, and seemingly no ceiling or floor. In it, five teenage orphans are thrust together in a strange building. Though his plots are often dark and bizarre, Sleator maintains his characters in a grounded realism and the results are compelling books that explore complicated ideas in a simple way.Īnd that’s the basis for perhaps his most famous book, House of Stairs. Looking at some of these first works, it’s immediately apparent why he enjoyed so much success with teen readers. The Angry Moon, a picture book with illustrations by Blair Lent, was first published in 1970, and from there his career spanned over twenty books. William Sleator is one of the most unique voices in Young Adult Science Fiction. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |