Computer File : English : 1st ed
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| Genre/Form: | Juvenile materials Electronic books Science fiction Fiction |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Farmer, Nancy House of the scorpion New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2002 (DLC) 2001056594 (OCoLC)48796533 |
| Material Type: | Document, Fiction, Juvenile audience, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Computer File, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Nancy Farmer |
| ISBN: | 0689852223 9780689852220 9781439106556 143910655X |
| OCLC Number: | 48796533 |
| Awards: | Newbery Honor Book, 2003. Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2003. |
| Description: | 380 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Youth : 0 to 6 -- In the beginning -- Little house in the poppy fields -- Property of the alacrán estate -- María -- Prison -- Middle age : 7 to 11 -- El patrón -- 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 día de los muertos -- Castle on the hill -- Homecoming -- House of eternity. |
| Responsibility: | Nancy Farmer. |
Abstract:
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
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