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Farmer, Nancy, 1941-

The house of the scorpion / Nancy Farmer.

1st ed.

New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, ©2002.

380 pages ; 24 cm.

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.

Matteo Alacran ; 1

Matteo Alacran ; 1.

Cloning -- Fiction.

Accelerated Reader.

Science fiction.

Accelerated Reader blank 5.1 15.0 61393.

Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.1 15.0 61393.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.1 23 Quiz: 32029 Guided reading level: Z+.

Reading Counts! 6.1.

In English.

Newbery Honor Book, 2003.

Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2003.

National Book Award Winners, 2002.

ALA Notable Books for Children, 2003.

ALA Best Books for Young Adults, 2003.

Ten Best Books for Young Adults, 2003.

Youth : 0 to 6 -- In the beginning -- The little house in the poppy fields -- Property of the Alacrán estate -- María -- Prison -- Middle age : 7 to 11 -- El patrón -- Teacher -- The eejit in the dry field -- The secret passage -- A cat with nine lives -- The giving and taking of gifts -- The thing on the bed -- The lotus pond -- Celia's story -- Old age : 12 to 14 -- A starved bird -- Brother wolf -- The eejit pens -- The dragon hoard -- Coming-of-age -- Esperanza -- Blood wedding -- Betrayal -- Age 14 -- Death -- A final good-bye -- The farm patrol -- La vida nueva -- The lost boys -- A five-legged horse -- The plankton factory -- Washing a dusty mind -- When the whales lost their legs -- Ton-ton -- Found out -- The boneyard -- The shrimp harvester -- El día de los muertos -- The castle on the hill -- Homecoming -- The house of eternity.

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