Bibliograph

The house of the scorpion, Nancy Farmer

Type

Label

The house of the scorpion, Nancy Farmer

Language

eng

Illustrations

genealogical tables

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Young Adult660, Lexile

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The house of the scorpion

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

48796533

Responsibility statement

Nancy Farmer

Series statement

House of the Scorpion ; , The, 1

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, 5.1.Reading Counts!, 6.1.Accelerated Reader AR, UG, 5.1, 15.0, 61393.Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 6.1, 23, Quiz: 32029, Guided reading level: W.

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

Table Of 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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification