| Description |
380 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Matteo Alacran ; 1 |
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Farmer, Nancy, 1941-
House of the scorpion ; 1
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Matteo Alacran ; 1
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| 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 -- 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 |
| Summary |
880-01 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 |
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880-01 In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patro�n, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States |
| Notes |
Sequel: The lord of Opium |
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"A Richard Jackson Book." |
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Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2003 |
| Audience |
Young Adult |
| Notes |
660 Lexile |
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Accelerated Reader blank 5.1 15.0 61393 |
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Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.1 15.0 61393 |
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Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.1 23 Quiz: 32029 Guided reading level: Z+ |
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English |
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Newbery Honor Book, 2003 |
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Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2003 |
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National Book Award Winners, 2002 |
| Subject |
Human cloning -- Fiction.
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Science fiction -- Juvenile fiction.
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Young adult fiction.
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Human cloning -- Juvenile fiction.
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Cloning -- Juvenile fiction.
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Science fiction, American.
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Human cloning -- Fiction.
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Children's stories.
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Cloning.
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Cloning -- Fiction.
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Cloning -- Fiction.
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Science fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Science fiction.
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Fiction.
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Juvenile works.
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Young adult fiction
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Juvenile materials.
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Science fiction
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Curriculum resource.
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Juvenile materials
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Young adult books
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Curriculum resource
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Young adult works.
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Science fiction.
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| LC no. |
2001056594 |
| ISBN |
0689852223 |
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9780689852220 |
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0689852231 |
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9780689852237 |
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0439579295 |
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9780439579292 |
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9781439106556 |
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143910655X |
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0439577829 |
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9780439577823 |
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