The House of the Scorpion
[S.I.] : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2008.
Format: Eaudiobook
Description: digital
Matteo Alacr?n was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patr?n, 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 Patr?n. El Patr?n loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself. As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patr?n'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 Alacr?n Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect.
ISBN:
9780743594530
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John Newbery Medal Honor, 2003.
National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2002.
OverDrive MP3 Audiobook audiobook-mp3 309360268
OverDrive Listen audiobook-overdrive 309360268
John Newbery Medal Honor, 2003.
National Book Award for Young People's Literature, 2002.