Farmer, Nancy, 1941-
The house of the scorpion / Nancy Farmer. - 1st Atheneum books for Young Readers pbk. ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2004], ℗♭2002. - 380 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm.
Includes author's note and a reading group guide.
Youth: 0 to 6: In the beginning -- Little house in the poppy fields -- Property of the Alacr©Łn estate -- Mar©Ưa -- Prison -- Middle age: 7 to 11 -- El Patr©đn -- Teacher -- Eejit in the dry field -- Secret passage -- Cat with nine lives -- Giving and taking of gifts -- Thing on the bed -- Lotus pond -- Celia's story -- Old age: 12 to 14 -- Starved bird -- Brother wolf -- Eejit pens -- Dragon hoard -- Coming-of-age -- Esperanza -- Blood wedding -- Betrayal -- Age 14: Death -- Final good-bye -- Farm patrol -- La vida nueva: Lost boys -- Five-legged horse -- Plankton factory -- Washing a dusty mind -- When the whales lost their legs -- Ton-Ton -- Found out -- Boneyard -- Shrimp harvester -- El D©Ưa de los Muertos -- Castle on the hill -- Homecoming -- House of eternity.
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patr©đn, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
12 up
Winner of National Book Award. Newbery Honor Book. Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature Honor Book.
9780689852237 0689852231
2001256594
Human cloning--Juvenile fiction.
Human cloning.
Science fiction.
Cloning--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Science fiction.
Young adult works.
Science fiction.
Young adult fiction.
FIC FAR
The house of the scorpion / Nancy Farmer. - 1st Atheneum books for Young Readers pbk. ed. - New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2004], ℗♭2002. - 380 pages : genealogical table ; 21 cm.
Includes author's note and a reading group guide.
Youth: 0 to 6: In the beginning -- Little house in the poppy fields -- Property of the Alacr©Łn estate -- Mar©Ưa -- Prison -- Middle age: 7 to 11 -- El Patr©đn -- Teacher -- Eejit in the dry field -- Secret passage -- Cat with nine lives -- Giving and taking of gifts -- Thing on the bed -- Lotus pond -- Celia's story -- Old age: 12 to 14 -- Starved bird -- Brother wolf -- Eejit pens -- Dragon hoard -- Coming-of-age -- Esperanza -- Blood wedding -- Betrayal -- Age 14: Death -- Final good-bye -- Farm patrol -- La vida nueva: Lost boys -- Five-legged horse -- Plankton factory -- Washing a dusty mind -- When the whales lost their legs -- Ton-Ton -- Found out -- Boneyard -- Shrimp harvester -- El D©Ưa de los Muertos -- Castle on the hill -- Homecoming -- House of eternity.
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patr©đn, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
12 up
Winner of National Book Award. Newbery Honor Book. Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature Honor Book.
9780689852237 0689852231
2001256594
Human cloning--Juvenile fiction.
Human cloning.
Science fiction.
Cloning--Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Science fiction.
Young adult works.
Science fiction.
Young adult fiction.
FIC FAR