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The house of the scorpion /

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Matteo Alacr�an ; #1Publication details: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, �2002.Edition: 1st edDescription: 380 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0689852223
  • 9780689852220
  • 0689852231
  • 9780689852237
  • 0439579295
  • 9780439579292
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: House of the scorpion.DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 21
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.F23814 Ho 2002
  • PS3556.A756 H68 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Awards:
  • The Flume: NH Teen Readers' Choice Nominee, 2006
  • Newbery Honor Book, 2003.
  • Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2003.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
YA YA Chamberlin Free Public Library Fiction YA FAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000342868

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.

Accelerated Reader blank 5.1 15.0 61393.

Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.1 15.0 61393.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.1 23 Quiz: 32029 Guided reading level: Z+.

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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