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The House of the Scorpion (2002) is a science fiction novel by Nancy Farmer. It features Matteo (Matt for short) Alacrán, a young clone raised by a drug lord of the same name, usually called "El Patrón." It is a story about the struggle to survive Read More..

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Description	The House of the Scorpion (2002) is a science fiction novel by Nancy Farmer. It features Matteo (Matt for short) Alacrán, a young clone raised by a drug lord of the same name, usually called "El Patrón." It is a story about the struggle to survive as a free individual and the search for a personal identity. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and was named a Newbery Honor Book and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. In the speculative fiction field, it was a runner-up for the Locus Award (young adult category) and the Mythopoeic Award (children's). "Nancy Farmer". Locus Index to SF Awards. Locus. Retrieved 2012-03-26.A sequel, entitled The Lord of Opium, was published on September 3, 2013. The story begins a few hours after the final events of the first book.
Description	The House of the Scorpion (2002) is a science fiction novel by Nancy Farmer. It features Matteo (Matt for short) Alacrán, a young clone raised by a drug lord of the same name, usually called "El Patrón." It is a story about the struggle to survive as a free individual and the search for a personal identity. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and was named a Newbery Honor Book and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book. In the speculative fiction field, it was a runner-up for the Locus Award (young adult category) and the Mythopoeic Award (children's). "Nancy Farmer". Locus Index to SF Awards. Locus. Retrieved 2012-03-26.A sequel, entitled The Lord of Opium, was published on September 3, 2013. The story begins a few hours after the final events of the first book.

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Name	The House of the Scorpion
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Authors	Nancy Farmer
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Genre	Young adult , Science fiction novel , Dystopian novel
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Language	English
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Country	United States
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Pages	380 pp (first edition, hard)
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Media_type	Print (hardcover & paperback)
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Isbn	0-689-85222-3
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Oclc	48796533
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Publisher	Atheneum Books
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