Apr 01, 2005 his first novel, blackbriar, was published in 1972. William sleater writes some of the best young adult books you could ever imagine. As the story begins, sixteenyearold ken is seeking the help of a woman cheri buttercup who claims to be able to make him invulnerable to pain or death. Here he gives fans a spin on the classic zombie story, following sixteenyearold ken as he bargains with a psychic to gain immortality, only to.
He finds out that the psychic is using his soul to kill others. But he has nightmares of killing people he doesnt know, and he ends up learning that the murders are actually happening. It starts off with the main character, ken, walking from his house in new york to cherri buttercups, an. This boy named ken is scared of dying after the death of his best friend. Start receiving proposals from our writers within minutes and chat with them live. I read interstellar pig a few days ago and decided i wanted to read more sleator books how i found it. This boy named ken is scared of dying after the death of. His house of stairs was a groundbreaking book for young adults, named one of the best novels of the twentieth cemtury by the young adult library services association. I have no voice, because my breathing is so shallow its like im hardly aware of breathing at all. Scholastic education trade publishing international about scholastic customer service contact us. But then he started school and his struggles began. 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.
Death, teens, murder, dying, sleep killings, horror, zombie, supernatural, paranormal, brief summary. It was hard for osawas family to imagine a happy future for their son. Cheri performs a ritual that separates kens soul from his body. The action started right on the first page and when some people hear a book about zombies they think its going to be stupid, but deffinetly not this book. 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. Here he gives fans a spin on the classic zombie story. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english. The book was like a carnival ride that you just can t get enough of. As the kids voices rose up, their faces were bright and smiling. Im lying in some kind of box, and im paralyzed, i cant move an arm, a leg, a finger.
However, the moral of the story of course is be careful what you wish for. Aug 25, 2006 now back to the boy who couldnt diethis book is creepy and fastpaced. Sixteenyearold ken lost his best friend in a plane crash and now he wants to be invulnerable to accident, attack and death. Enhancements were made to more precisely measure materials read in k. Now back to the boy who couldnt diethis book is creepy and fastpaced. 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. Supernatural in fiction, fiction, immortality in fiction, immortality, supernatural, zombies, zombies in.
So he keeps going to medians and then, a person named cheri buttercup says she can help ken. I borrowed it from the library and finished it in a week, its a great, short book. Finding it next to impossible to learn to read, this happy little boy soon became sad as he learned he had dyslexia. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. I checked the ya shelf under sleator and found this and several others. 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. The experience and treatment of obsessivecompulsive disorder from the worlds largest community of re. His first novel, blackbriar, was published in 1972. The book was like a carnival ride that you just cant get enough of. This is a story about a little boy a happy little boy who loved to do all the normal things a happy little boy would do. Supernatural in fiction, fiction, immortality in fiction, immortality, supernatural, zombies, zombies in fiction. His picture book, the angry moon, won a caldecott award in 1971. Ken agrees, but soon realizes that the psychic may be.
The boy who couldnt smile in a quiet village in the african country of tanzania, inside a small schoolhouse, a group of students sang with their teacher. His father would get up at 5 oclock in the morning, get him dressed, load him in the car, take him to the special. 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. What is the malayalam name of tukmaria or sabja seed or falooda seed. Terrified, he seeks out a plump, middleaged psychic named cherie buttercup, who grants him invulnerability from death in exchange for his soul. This is a good book if, like me, you have a library of books, and your undecided what. This book was about a boy scared of death and makes a deal with a voodoo witch to become invincible. But he has nightmares of killing people he doesn t know, and he ends up learning that the murders are actually happening. Ken tries to damage himself without effect after his successful soulectomy, but he feels oddly hollow even when beating the school bully. Sixteenyearold ken loses his best friend in a plane crash and now he wants to be invulnerable.
Abrams 161 pages here he shifts from science fiction to horror, with a plot based on hollywoodstyle voodoo lore. His books typically deal with adolescents coming across a peculiar phenomenon related to an element of theoretical science, then trying to deal with the situation. The lexile power v word selector identifies up to 10 challenging words in each book that are important for students to know. Im lying in some kind of box, and im paralyzed, i can t move an arm, a leg, a finger. Find this book add to reading list please note that the lexile measures for a small population of books have been recently updated. The boy who came back from heaven insists that it is an inspirational book, but reading it now is heartbreaking. 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. Trapped in his body for 12 years, a man breaks free npr. This is a fiction book were a boy named ken gave his soul to a lady so he could become vulnerable to death. The boy who couldnt smile scholastic storyworks magazine. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. It was suspenseful, full of action and romance, as well as a book that you would stay up all night to read.
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