The House of the Scorpion

Discover this internationally bestselling, National Book Award-winning young adult classic about what it means to be human.

Matt Alacr?n wasn't born. He was harvested.

His DNA came from El Patr?n, the drug-lord ruler of the country of Opium. Most people hate and fear clones like Matt--except 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, and realizes escape is his only chance to survive. But escape from the Alacr?n Estate is no guarantee of freedom.

Author: Nancy Farmer
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 06/07/2022
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781665918589
ISBN10: 1665918586
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure | General
- Young Adult Fiction | Science Fiction | General
- Young Adult Fiction | Dystopian

About the Author
Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor books: The Ear, the Eye and the Arm; A Girl Named Disaster; and The House of the Scorpion, which also won the National Book Award and the Printz Honor. Other books include The Lord of Opium, The Sea of Trolls, The Land of the Silver Apples, The Islands of the Blessed, Do You Know Me, The Warm Place, and three picture books for young children. She grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border and now lives with her family in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona.