House of the Scorpion

English

ISBN: 0689852223

EAN: 9780689852220

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction/Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology/Juvenile Fiction / General/

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Childrens Publishing

Release Date: 09/20/2002

Age Range: 11-14

Synopsis: This modern classic takes on an iron-fisted drug lord, clones bred for their organs, and what it means to be human. Winner of the National Book Award as well as Newbery and Printz Honors. Matteo Alacr?n was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patr?n, lord of a country called Opiuma strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matts first cell split and divided inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monsterexcept for El Patr?n. El Patr?n loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself. As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patr?ns power-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But escape from the Alacr?n Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesnt even suspect.

Awards: ABC Childrens Booksellers Choices Awards – null  American Library Association Notable Books for Children – null  Beehive Young Adults Book Award – null  Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award – null  Dorothy Canfield Fisher Childrens Book Award – null  Evergreen Young Adult Book Award – null  Grand Canyon Reader Award – null  Great Lakes Great Books Award – null  Iowa Teen Award – null  Michael L. Printz Award – null  Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Childrens Literature – null  National Book Awards – null  Nevada Young Readers Award – null  Newbery Medal – null  Publishers Weekly Best Childrens Books – null  Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award – null  SCASL Book Award (South Carolina) – null  Sequoyah Book Award – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null  Young Hoosier Book Award – null  Young Readers Choice Award – null  Arizona Young Readers Award – null 

House of the Scorpion

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.3 inches

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 19.97 oz

Pages: 400