The House of the Scorpion
bThis 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./bbrbrMatteo 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.br brAs 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.
| Autor: | Farmer, Nancy |
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| EAN: | 9780689852237 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 432 |
| Produktart: | kartoniert, broschiert |
| Verlag: | Atheneum Books for Young Readers Simon Pulse |
| Untertitel: | Winner of the National Book Award 2002 and of the Buxtehuder Bulle 2003 |
| Schlagworte: | Buxtehuder Bulle National Book Award Klon; Kinderliteratur/Jugendliteratur Abenteuer; Kinderliteratur/Jugendliteratur Englisch; Kinderliteratur/Jugendliteratur Newbery Honor Printz Honor 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 year old seventh eighth ninth tenth eleventh twelfth graders dystopia drug war immigration drug lords clones mind control slavery drugs Mexico sci-fi science fiction dictatorship cloning genetics organ donors family love opium dope destiny immortality death industrialization cartels prejudice power survival ethics award winners |
| Größe: | 25 × 140 × 210 |
| Gewicht: | 374 g |
