Front cover of first edition, later printing with medal images
Author
Nancy Farmer
Cover artist
Russell Gordon
Country
United States
Language
English
Genre
Young adult, science fiction novel, dystopian novel
Publisher
Atheneum Books
Publication date
2002
Media type
Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages
380 (first edition, hard)
ISBN
0-689-85222-3 (first edition, hard)
OCLC
48796533
Dewey Decimal
[Fic] 21
LC Class
PZ7.F23814 Ho 2002
Followed by
The Lord of Opium
The House of the Scorpion is a 2002 science fiction young adult novel by Nancy Farmer. It is set in the future and mostly takes place in Opium, a country which separates Aztlán (formerly Mexico) and the United States. The main character, Matteo Alacrán, or Matt, is a young clone of a drug lord of the same name, usually called "El Patrón". It is a story about the struggle to survive as a free individual and the search for a personal identity.
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