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The House of the Scorpion

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M. Sindy Felin’s National Book Award finalist is in paperback for the first time. Karina has plenty to worry about on the last day of seventh grade: finding three Ds and a C on her report card again, getting laughed at by everyone again, being sent to the principal—again. But she’s too busy dodging the fists of her stepfather and looking out for her sisters to deal with school. This is the story of a young girl coming of age amidst the violent waters that run just beneath the surface of suburbia—a story that has the courage to ask: How far will you go to protect the ones you love?

The epic story of a young girl torn from her African village, sold into slavery, and stripped of everything she has ever known—except hope.

Matteo Alacran was not born; he was harvested with the DNA from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium. Can a boy who was bred to guarantee another’s survival find his own purpose in life? And can he ever be free?

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MATTEO ALACRaN WAS NOT BORN; HE WAS HARVESTED.

His DNA came from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium — a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cell split and divided inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monster — except for El Patron. El Patron loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself.

As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patron's power-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But escape from the Alacran Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect.

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In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patr
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About the Author

Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor books, including The House of the Scorpion; The Ear, the Eye and the Arm; and A Girl Named Disaster. Other books include Do You Know Me, The Warm Place, and three picture books for young children. She grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border in the landscape she evokes so strongly in this novel. She lives with her family in Menlo Park, California.
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Table of Contents

Youth: 0 to 6: In the beginning — The little house in the poppy fields — Property of the Alacr
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781439106556
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Subject:
Action & Adventure
Author:
Nancy Farmer
Author:
Farmer, Nancy
Subject:
Science & Technology
Subject:
Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic
Subject:
Children s All Ages - Fiction - General
Subject:
Action & Adventure - General
Subject:
Fantasy & Magic
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Cloning
Subject:
Children s All Ages - Fiction - Fantasy
Subject:
Audio Books-Children s
Subject:
Children s-Adventure Stories
Subject:
Childrens classics
Subject:
Children s-General
Subject:
Children s-Michael L. Printz Award Winners
Subject:
Children s-Newbery Award Winners
Subject:
Children s-Science Fiction and Fantasy
Subject:
Children s Middle Readers-Newbery Award Winners
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Newbery Award Winners
Subject:
main_subject
Subject:
all_subjects
Publication Date:
20040427
Binding:
ELECTRONIC
Language:
English
Pages:
380
Age Level:
Children s All Ages - Fiction - General
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Product details 380 pages Atheneum Books for Young Readers - English 9781439106556 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , MATTEO ALACRaN WAS NOT BORN; HE WAS HARVESTED.

His DNA came from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium — a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cell split and divided inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monster — except for El Patron. El Patron loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself.

As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patron's power-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But escape from the Alacran Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect.
"Synopsis" by , In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patr
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