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The House of the Scorpion
Front cover of first edition, later printing with medal images
AuthorNancy Farmer
Cover artistRussell Gordon
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult, science fiction novel, dystopian novel
PublisherAtheneum Books
Publication date
2002
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages380 (first edition, hard)
ISBN0-689-85222-3 (first edition, hard)
OCLC48796533
Dewey Decimal
[Fic] 21
LC ClassPZ7.F23814 Ho 2002
Followed byThe 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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