Farmer, Nancy,  1941-, <br/><br/>
The house of the scorpion /Nancy Farmer. 

 - first edition. 
 - New York :  Atheneum Books for Young Readers,  (c)2002. 
 - 380 pages :  genealogical tables ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Sequel: The lord of Opium.  "A Richard Jackson Book."  Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2003. 
<br/><br/>Youth: 0 to 6 : In the beginning ; The little house in the poppy fields ; Property of the Alacran estate ; Maria ; Prison --  Middle age: 7 to 11 : El patron ; 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 dia de los muertos ; The castle on the hill ; Homecoming ; The house of eternity. 
<br/><br/> In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. 
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<br/><br/> Newbery Honor Book, 2003.  Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2003. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780689852220 9781439106556 9780689852237 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001056594 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Cloning--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Science fiction--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Cloning--Fiction.<br/>Science fiction.<br/>Cloning--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Juvenile materials.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Young adult books.<br/>Young adult fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PS3556  / .H687 2002 PS3556