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Farmer, Nancy.
The house of the scorpion /
Nancy Farmer.
1st ed.
New York :
Atheneum Books for Young Readers,
2002-2004.
380 p. cm.
Awards: Bookseller's Choice | Winner | Young Adult | 2003 - 2003 ; National Book Awards | Winner | Young People's Lit. | 2002 - 2002 ; Newbery Medal | Honor Book | Children's | 2003 - 2003 ; Michael L. Printz Award | Honor Book | Young Adults | 2003 - 2003 ; Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) | Winner | Recommended | 2002 - 2002 ; Nevada Young Readers' Award | Winner | Young Adult | 2005 - 2005 ; Tayshas Reading | Commended | Young Adult | 2003 - 2004 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-8 | 2005 - 2005 ; Iowa Teen Award | Nominee | Young Adult | 2006 - 2006 ; Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award | Nominee | Children's | 2004 - 2004 ; South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award | Nominee | Young Adult | 2005 - 2006 ; South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award | Winner | Junior Book | 2005 - 2006 ; Young Reader's Choice Award | Winner | Senior/Grades 10-12 | 2005 - 2005 ; Young Hoosier Book Award | Winner | Middle Grades | 2006 - 2006 ; Nutmeg Book Award | Nominee | Teen | 2006 - 2006 ; Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award | Nominee | Grades 9-12 | 2005 - 2006 ; Grand Canyon Reader Award | Winner | Teen | 2005 - 2005 ; Volunteer State Book Awards | Winner | Young Adult | 2004 - 2005 ; Colorado Blue Spruce Award | Nominee | Young Adult | 2005 - 2005 ; Rhode Island Teen Book Award | Winner | Ages 12 & Up | 2004 - 2004 ; Sequoyah Book Awards | Winner | Young Adult | 2004 - 2005 ; Evergreen Young Adult Book Award | Nominee | Young Adult | 2005 - 2005.
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
Target age group 12-17.
Accelerated Reader
5.1
Upper Grade
15.0
61393.
Scholastic Reading Counts!
6.09
Grades 6-8
23.0
32029.
Bookseller's Choice | Winner | Young Adult | 2003 - 2003 ; National Book Awards | Winner | Young People's Lit. | 2002 - 2002 ; Newbery Medal | Honor Book | Children's | 2003 - 2003 ; Michael L. Printz Award | Honor Book | Young Adults | 2003 - 2003 ; Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007) | Winner | Recommended | 2002 - 2002 ; Nevada Young Readers' Award | Winner | Young Adult | 2005 - 2005 ; Tayshas Reading | Commended | Young Adult | 2003 - 2004 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-8 | 2005 - 2005 ; Iowa Teen Award | Nominee | Young Adult | 2006 - 2006 ; Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award | Nominee | Children's | 2004 - 2004 ; South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award | Nominee | Young Adult | 2005 - 2006 ; South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award | Winner | Junior Book | 2005 - 2006 ; Young Reader's Choice Award | Winner | Senior/Grades 10-12 | 2005 - 2005 ; Young Hoosier Book Award | Winner | Middle Grades | 2006 - 2006 ; Nutmeg Book Award | Nominee | Teen | 2006 - 2006 ; Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award | Nominee | Grades 9-12 | 2005 - 2006 ; Grand Canyon Reader Award | Winner | Teen | 2005 - 2005 ; Volunteer State Book Awards | Winner | Young Adult | 2004 - 2005 ; Colorado Blue Spruce Award | Nominee | Young Adult | 2005 - 2005 ; Rhode Island Teen Book Award | Winner | Ages 12 & Up | 2004 - 2004 ; Sequoyah Book Awards | Winner | Young Adult | 2004 - 2005 ; Evergreen Young Adult Book Award | Nominee | Young Adult | 2005 - 2005.
New Mexico Battle of the Books 2012.
Cloning
Fiction.
Accelerated Reader.
Scholastic reading counts.
Science Fiction.