The House of the Scorpion

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Synopsis
Matt is six years old when he discovers that he is different from other children and other people. To most, Matt isn't considered a boy at all, but a beast, dirty and disgusting. But to El Patron, lord of a country called Opium, Matt is the guarantee of eternal life. El Patron loves Matt as he loves himself - for Matt is himself. They share the exact same DNA.

As Matt struggles to understand his existence and what that existence truly means, he is threatened by a host of sinister and manipulating characters, from El Patron's power-hungry family to the brain-deadened eejits and mindless slaves that toil Opium's poppy fields. Surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards, escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But even escape is no guarantee of freedom... because Matt is marked by his difference in ways that he doesn't even suspect.

Newbery Honor book

National Book Award

Winner of Pacific Northwest Library Association's Young Reader's Choice Senior Award

Copyright:
2002

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
407 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781439106556
Related ISBNs:
9780689852237
Publisher:
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Nancy Farmer
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Children's Books, Science, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Technology
Grade Levels:
Seventh grade
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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