The house of the scorpion
(2002)
Fiction
Book
Call Numbers:
TEEN/FICTION/FARMER,N
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Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002
EDITION
[Various editions]
DESCRIPTION
380 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0689852223, 0689852231 (pbk.), 9781415534991 (bound), 9781439528747
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"A Richard Jackson book"
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
Winner of the 2003 Newbery Honor Book Award
Winner of the 2003 Michael L. Printz Honor book award
Also published: New York : Simon Pulse, 2004 (380 p.)
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Winner of the 2002 National Book Award for Young People's Literature