- Editorial:
- SIMON
- Año de edición:
- 2004
- Materia:
- Literatura contemporánea en español
- ISBN:
- 978-0-689-85223-7
- Páginas:
- 400
- Encuadernación:
- Tapa blanda
HOUSE OF THE SCORPION
NANCY FARMER
u003cbu003eThis 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.u003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eMatteo Alacrán was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patrón, lord of a country called Opiuma strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matts 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 monsterexcept for El Patrón. El Patrón loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself.u003cbru003e u003cbru003eAs Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patróns 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 doesnt even suspect.
