false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg 13376 19 Fields of white opium poppies stretch away over the hills, and uniformed workers bend over the rows, harvesting the juice. This is the empire of Matteo Alacran, a feudal drug lord in the country of Opium, which lies between the United States and Aztlan, formerly Mexico. Field work, or any menial tasks, are done by "eejits," humans in whose brains computer chips have been installed to insure docility. Alacran, or El Patron, has lived 140 years with the help of transplants from a series of clones, a common practice among rich men in this world. The intelligence of clones is usually destroyed at birth, but Matt, the latest of Alacran's doubles, has been spared because he belongs to El Patron. He grows up in the family's mansion, alternately caged and despised as an animal and pampered and educated as El Patron's favorite. Gradually he realizes the fate that is in store for him, and with the help of Tam Lin, his bluff and kind Scottish bodyguard, he escapes to Aztlan. There he and other "lost children" are trapped in a more subtle kind of slavery before Matt can return to Opium to take his rightful place and transform his country.<p> Nancy Farmer, a two-time Newbery honoree, surpasses even her marvelous novel, <I>The Ear, The Eye and the Arm</I> in the breathless action and fascinating characters of <I>The House of the Scorpion</I>. Readers will be reminded of Orson Scott Card's Ender in Matt's persistence and courage in the face of a world that intends to use him for its own purposes, and of Louis Sachar's <I>Holes</I> in the camaraderie of imprisoned boys and the layers of meaning embedded in this irresistibly compelling story. (Ages 12 and older) <I>--Patty Campbell</I> 868252 book 2002 The House of the Scorpion total:4847|5:2053|4:1774|3:777|2:174|1:69| 4847 20109 6399 911 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 3 8 false Mon Oct 06 16:04:32 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 14:26:26 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 16:04:32 -0700 2008
The main character, Matt, is a clone of the world's biggest drug kingpin, the 140+ year-old El Patron. Matt lives in El Patron's sprawling estate and is hated by most of the residents there, aside from his care-t...more...]]> 866611 0689852223 9780689852220 123 17 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1217266794m/866611.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/866611.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 5 6 false Tue Sep 11 18:22:35 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 18:31:50 -0700 2007
In the House of the Scorpi...more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 5 3 false Tue Jan 20 17:30:20 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 04 04:45:10 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 20 17:30:20 -0800 2009 almost once more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 3 6 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 20:34:37 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 01 20:56:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 2 2 false Fri Mar 20 07:17:24 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 13:30:49 -0700 2009 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 5 1 false Tue Oct 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 19:47:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 19:17:21 -0700 2008 4
This is the story of a clone named Matteo Alacran, or matt. Matt is a clone of the drug lord el patron. El Patron is very concerned about the wellbeing of matt. In this book matt grows from a skin cell to the age 16. During this time period he slowly learns ...more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 4 2 false Fri Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jan 30 20:35:49 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 18 10:55:31 -0700 2008
Science meets social issues i...more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 3 1 false Thu Jul 12 13:21:49 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 13:33:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 5 2 false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jan 16 07:11:26 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 07:22:45 -0800 2009 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 4 2 false Mon Nov 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 18:27:46 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 17 22:52:28 -0800 2008 The House of the Schorpion is my favorite. The near-future world of depravity, deprivation and corruption Farmer has created is frighteningly real, and the characters are fully rounded ...more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 3 0 false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 19:07:29 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 19:23:30 -0700 2009 The House of the Scorpion, Nancy Farmer slowly weaves the tale of Matt, a clone of the drug lord Matteo Alacron. Alternately pampered and tortured throughout his childhood (he slightly unbelievably goes from being kept in a pen of chicken litter to being given private piano lessons and tutoring i...more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 4 0 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 22:30:19 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 22:37:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 4 1 false Fri May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 18:18:41 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 15:44:17 -0700 2008 This story is about clones, mexico, and drug lords but not...more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 4 0 false Sat Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Dec 08 10:33:28 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 08 10:47:25 -0800 2009
Summary: Matt has been kept in seclusion for years until one day, three kids find his shack out in the poppy fields and life changes. He is brought to the main house of Matteo Alacran, El Patron, owner of Opium, the small ...more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 3 0 false Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 17:52:08 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 17:58:25 -0800 2009
Nancy Farmer creates a convincing futuristic story about Matt, a clone of the infamous drug lord El Patron who is nearing the end of his life, or so Matt believes. When it becomes apparent that Matt is meant to provide El Patron with trans...more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 5 0 false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 12:27:44 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 12:28:48 -0700 2009 more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 4 0 false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 13:20:47 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 13:34:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 5 0 false Mon Sep 07 09:24:33 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 09:25:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 13376 0689852231 9780689852237 4626 870 4.15 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255576595m/13376.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13376.The_House_of_the_Scorpion 5 0 false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 18 19:27:46 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 08:39:36 -0700 2009 2 (... and planning on reading it again!) First off, I'd like to say that this is such a captivating and remarkable novel. After my first read, I was in absolute awe of how it was embedded with such perfection; and how the protagonist was built with substantially high resilience. This is my ultimate favorite novel, thus far.

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I began reading Nancy Farmer's 2002 National Book Award Winner, "The House of the Scorpion," on December 24th and couldn't pu...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=13376