The House of the Scorpion Repackage Edition Contributor(s): Farmer, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0689852223 ISBN-13: 9780689852220 Publisher: Atheneum Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2002 Annotation: To most people around him, Matt is not a boy, but a beast. As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by sinister characters. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Young Adult Fiction | Fantasy - Dark Fantasy - Young Adult Fiction | Technology |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2001056594 |
Age Level: 12-17 |
Grade Level: 7-12 |
Lexile Measure: 660(Not Available) |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6" W x 9.1" L (1.25 lbs) 400 pages |
Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
Awards: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Nominee, Grades 4-8, 2005 Young Hoosier Book Award, Winner, Middle Grades, 2006 Nutmeg Book Award, Nominee, Teen, 2006 Nevada Young Readers' Award, Winner, Young Adult, 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 Iowa Teen Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2006 Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Nominee, Children's, 2004 Tayshas Reading, Commended, Young Adult, 2003 Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award, Nominee, Grades 9-12, 2005 Grand Canyon Reader Award, Winner, Teen, 2005 Volunteer State Book Awards, Winner, Young Adult, 2004 Colorado Blue Spruce Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2005 Rhode Island Teen Book Award, Winner, Ages 12 & Up, 2004 Sequoyah Book Awards, Winner, Young Adult, 2004 Evergreen Young Adult Book Award, Nominee, Young Adult, 2005 Newbery Medal, Honor Book, Children's, 2003 Bookseller's Choice, Winner, Young Adult, 2003 National Book Awards, Winner, Young People's Lit., 2002 Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007), Winner, Recommended, 2002 Young Reader's Choice Award, Winner, Senior/Grades 10-12, 2005 Michael L. Printz Award, Honor Book, Young Adults, 2003 |
Review Citations: Kirkus Review - Children 07/01/2002 pg. 954 Publishers Weekly 07/01/2002 pg. 80 School Library Journal 09/01/2002 pg. 224 Kliatt 09/01/2002 pg. 8 Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2002 pg. 293 Booklist 09/15/2002 pg. 232 Booksense '76 Childrens Wtr 02 11/01/2002 pg. 1 Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2002 pg. 753 Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2002 pg. 104 New York Times 11/17/2002 pg. 39 USA Today 11/21/2002 pg. 1 Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2003 pg. 795 ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/15/2003 pg. 1296 ALA Notable Children's Books 03/15/2003 pg. 1309 Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2002 pg. 94 - Superior,Well Above Average Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 94 - Superior,Well Above Average Publishers Weekly 07/08/2002 |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 61393 Reading Level: 5.1 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This modern classic takes on an iron-fisted drug lord, clones bred for their organs, and what it means to be human. Winner of the National Book Award as well as Newbery and Printz Honors. Matteo Alacr n was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patr n, lord of a country called Opium--a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cell split and divided inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monster--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, including El Patr n's power-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But escape from the Alacr n Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect. |
Contributor Bio(s): Farmer, Nancy: - Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor books: The Ear, the Eye and the Arm; A Girl Named Disaster; and The House of the Scorpion, which also won the National Book Award and the Printz Honor. Other books include The Lord of Opium, The Sea of Trolls, The Land of the Silver Apples, The Islands of the Blessed, Do You Know Me, The Warm Place, and three picture books for young children. She grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border and now lives with her family in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. |
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