The House of the Scorpion

$17.59

Hardcover
Author: Nancy Farmer
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Publish Date: September 2002
Language: English
Reading Level: 5.1
EAN: 9780689852220

Overview

Discover this internationally bestselling, National Book Award-winning young adult classic about what it means to be human with an updated, reimagined cover!

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.

Details

Pages: 400
Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1.5 in
Lexile Score: 660
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus (MG+)
Point Value: 15
ISBN: 0689852223

Awards

2006 Iowa Teen Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2006 Nutmeg Book Award - Nominee (Teen)
2006 Young Hoosier Book Award - Winner (Middle Grades)
2005 Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2005 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee (Grades 9-12)
2005 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2005 Grand Canyon Reader Award - Winner (Teen)
2005 Nevada Young Readers' Award - Winner (Young Adult)
2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award - Nominee (Grades 4-8)
2005 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Nominee (Young Adult)
2005 South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award - Winner (Junior Book)
2005 Young Reader's Choice Award - Winner (Senior/Grades 10-12)
2004 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award - Nominee (Children's)
2004 Rhode Island Teen Book Award - Winner (Ages 12 & Up)
2004 Sequoyah Book Awards - Winner (Young Adult)
2004 Volunteer State Book Awards - Winner (Young Adult)
2003 Bookseller's Choice - Winner (Young Adult)
2003 Michael L. Printz Award - Honor Book (Young Adults)
2003 Newbery Medal - Honor Book (Children's)
2003 Tayshas Reading - Commended (Young Adult)
2002 National Book Awards - Winner (Young People's Lit.)
2002 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) - Winner (Recommended)