The House of the Scorpion

『House of the Scorpion』

By:Nancy Farmer

ISBN:0-689-852223

Summary:The book is about the life of a clone of a very powerful drug lord named Matteo Alacran but goes by the name El Patron. The clone's name was Matteo Alacran IX, Matt for short. When Matt was young, fresh from the stomach of cow, he was taken care of by Celia, a maid of El Patron. In the care of Celia, Matt never really saw or met anyone else besides her. But as he got older, he encountered many people, which all became his enemies, due to the fact he was a clone. But, one special person named Maria liked Matt, and soon loved him. Matt was persecuted and beaten because the fact that he was a clone, when he was older, but it all stopped when El Patron put him unders his house, under his protection. But even in the presence of El Patron, many still stried to hurt Matt. Later on in the story, Matt finds out a terrifying truth, so terrifying that for the sake of his life he had to run. The epic story only started now. Read the book for the rest of the story.

Genre:Science-Fiction

The Genre of This Book is Science-Fiction because:

◁The technology they use in the book is far more superior that what we have now.

◀There was successful human cloning in the book.

◁The events in the book can and probrably will not happen.

My Opinion On The Book:The book was spectacularly wonderful. I really loved this book because of the epic tale mixed in with so many twists. If the story was retold without all the technology, it would be destroyed. This book is on my number one of my top 50 list. I reccomend this book to everyone! This story should be told to everyone. No one could say, that they did not like the book after they have read it.

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

★John J, Allen