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Matteo Alacran Books

In order from The House of the Scorpion to The Lord of Opium
The House of the Scorpion
The Lord of Opium
The House of the Scorpion
The House of the Scorpion
The Lord of Opium
chapter • 432 Pages
The House of the Scorpion
#1 in Series
Book #1

The House of the Scorpion

Written by Nancy Farmer
12 - 18
Reading age
432
Page count
232
Words per page
Sep 6, 2022
Publication date
Paperback
$12.99
$12.48

Summary

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 Alacrán was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patrón, 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 Patrón. El Patrón 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 Patrón’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 Alacrán Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn’t even suspect.

Primary Tags

identitygenetic engineeringfather-son relationships

Matteo Alacran Series

Published from 2022 - 2022
2 books
chapter • 432 Pages
The House of the Scorpion
Paperback
$12.99$12.48
chapter • 448 Pages
The Lord of Opium
#2 in Series
Paperback
$13.99$13.48
Year#TitlePages
20221The House of the Scorpion432
20222The Lord of Opium448

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