| Note |
Also available in an Atheneum Books for Young Readers hardcover edition. |
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Includes an excerpt from "The Lord of Opium" the sequel to "The House of the Scorpion" /by Nancy Farmer. |
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Includes a readers group guide. |
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"A Richard Jackson book". |
| NOTE |
Accelerated Reader MG+ 5.1 15 61393 |
| Contents |
Youth: 0 to 6: In the beginning -- Little house in the poppy fields -- Property of the Alacrán estate -- María -- Prison -- Middle age: 7 to 11 -- El Patrón -- Teacher -- Eejit in the dry field -- Secret passage -- Cat with nine lives -- Giving and taking of gifts -- Thing on the bed -- Lotus pond -- Celia's story -- Old age: 12 to 14 -- Starved bird -- Brother wolf -- Eejit pens -- Dragon hoard -- Coming-of-age -- Esperanza -- Blood wedding -- Betrayal -- Age 14: Death -- Final good-bye -- Farm patrol -- La vida nueva: Lost boys -- A Five-legged horse -- Plankton factory -- Washing a dusty mind -- When the whales lost their legs -- Ton-Ton -- Found out -- Boneyard -- Shrimp harvester -- El Día de los Muertos -- Castle on the hill -- Homecoming -- House of eternity. |
| Summary |
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 140-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. |
| Audience |
660L Lexile |
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Ages 12 and up. |
| Awards |
Two-time Newbery Honor author. |
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Michael L. Printz Honor Book, 2003. |
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Newbery Honor Book, 2003. |
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National Book Award winner for Young People's Literature, 2002. |
| Subject |
Human cloning -- Juvenile fiction.
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Cloning -- Juvenile fiction.
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Opium abuse -- Juvenile fiction.
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Poppies -- Juvenile fiction.
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DNA -- Juvenile fiction.
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| Genre |
Science fiction.
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Young adult fiction.
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| ISBN |
9780689852237
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0689852231
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9780545643184
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