{"product_id":"the-house-of-the-scorpion-book-nancy-farmer-9780439577823","title":"The House of the Scorpion","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis modern classic takes on an iron-fisted drug lord, clones bred for their organs, and what it means to be human. Winner of the National Book Award as well as Newbery and Printz Honors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMatteo Alacr n was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patr n, 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 Patr n. El Patr n loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patr n'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 Alacr n Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49758553080081,"sku":"CIN0439577829G","price":5.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50002290573585,"sku":"CIN0439577829A","price":5.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50002521751825,"sku":"CIN0439577829VG","price":5.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51434177724689,"sku":"GOR010456206","price":40.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0439577829.jpg?v=1751228926","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/the-house-of-the-scorpion-book-nancy-farmer-9780439577823","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}