The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer

A National Book Award winner
A Newbery Honor Book
A Printz Honor Book

A clone grapples with his sense of self against the backdrop of the dangerous world of drug trafficking in this acclaimed and internationally bestselling young adult classic about what it means to be human.

Matt Alacrán wasn't born. He was harvested.

His DNA came from El Patrón, the drug-lord ruler of the country of Opium. Most people hate and fear clones like Matt--except for El Patrón. El Patrón 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, and realizes escape is his only chance to survive. But escape from the Alacrán Estate is no guarantee of freedom.

Nancy Farmer Es autora de nueve novelas, entre ellas: The Ear, The Eye and The Arm y A Girl Named Disaster, cada una merecedora de una mencion honorifica del premio Newberry; El estigma del alacran, ganadora del National Book Award, asi como de mencion honorifica de los premios Newberry y Michael L. Printz y El Patron del Opio la secuela a El estigma del alacran. Para los lectores un poco mas jovenes escribio una trilogia inspirada en la mitologia nordica: The Sea of Trolls, The Land of the Silver Apples y The Islands of the Blessed. Nancy Farmer crecio en la frontera entre Arizona y Mexico en el paisaje que tanto evoca en esta novela. Vive con su esposo en un pequeno pueblo llamado Portal, en Arizona, uno de los escenarios de la novela.

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ISBN 13	9780689852220
ISBN 10	0689852223
Title	The House of the Scorpion
Author	Nancy Farmer
Series	House Of The Scorpion Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Other book format
Publisher	Simon & Schuster Australia
Year published	2002-09-30
Number of pages	400
Prizes	Winner of US National Book Awards: Young People's Literature 2002
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.