Displaying 1 of 1 2004 Title: The house of the scorpion Author: Farmer, Nancy, 1941- author. Edition: First Simon Pulse edition. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Simon Pulse, 2004. ©2002 Description: 380 pages ; 21 cm Summary: 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. Audience: 660 Lexile. Ages 12 up. Subjects: Human cloning -- Juvenile fiction. Genre: Young adult fiction. Science fiction. Novels. Reading Level: Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.1 15.0 Contents: 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: 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. ISBN 0689852231 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
