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The house of the scorpion /

Farmer, Nancy, 1941-

The house of the scorpion / - 1st ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, �2002. - 380 pages ; 24 cm. - Matteo Alacr�an ; #1 .

Youth : 0 to 6 -- In the beginning -- The little house in the poppy fields -- Property of the Alacr�an estate -- Mar�ia -- Prison -- Middle age : 7 to 11 -- El patr�on -- Teacher -- The eejit in the dry field -- The secret passage -- A cat with nine lives -- The giving and taking of gifts -- The thing on the bed -- The lotus pond -- Celia's story -- Old age : 12 to 14 -- A starved bird -- Brother wolf -- The eejit pens -- The dragon hoard -- Coming-of-age -- Esperanza -- Blood wedding -- Betrayal -- Age 14 -- Death -- A final good-bye -- The farm patrol -- La vida nueva -- The lost boys -- A five-legged horse -- The plankton factory -- Washing a dusty mind -- When the whales lost their legs -- Ton-ton -- Found out -- The boneyard -- The shrimp harvester -- El d�ia de los muertos -- The castle on the hill -- Homecoming -- The house of eternity.

In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patr�on, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.



The Flume: NH Teen Readers' Choice Nominee, 2006 Newbery Honor Book, 2003. Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2003.

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Cloning--Fiction.
Cloning--Fiction.
Science fiction.


Young adult fiction.
Juvenile materials.
Young adult books.
Young adult works.
Fiction.
Science fiction.
Science fiction.
Curriculum resource.
Science fiction.


Accelerated Reader.

PZ7.F23814 / Ho 2002 PS3556.A756 / H68 2002

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