Book Details
⚡️Book Title : The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1)
⚡Book Author : Nancy Farmer
⚡Page : 380 pages
⚡Published May 2004 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers (first published 2002)
The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1) - With undertones of vampires, Frankenstein, dragons' hoards, and killing fields, Matt's story turns out to be an inspiring tale of friendship, survival, hope, and transcendence. A must-read for teenage fantasy fans. At his coming-of-age party, Matteo Alacrn asks El Patrn's bodyguard, "How old am I?...I know I don't have a birthday like humans, but I was born." "You were harvested," Tam Lin reminds him. "You were grown in that poor cow for nine months and then you were cut out of her." To most people around him, Matt is not a boy, but a beast. A room full of chicken litter with roaches for friends and old chicken bones for toys is considered good enough for him. But for El Patrn, lord of a country called Opiuma strip of poppy fields lying between the U.S. and what was once called MexicoMatt is a guarantee of eternal life. El Patrn loves Matt as he loves himself for Matt is himself. They share identical DNA.
The House of the Scorpion (Matteo Alacran, #1)
With undertones of vampires, Frankenstein, dragons' hoards, and killing fields, Matt's story turns out to be an inspiring tale of friendship, survival, hope, and transcendence. A must-read for teenage fantasy fans. At his coming-of-age party, Matteo Alacrn asks El Patrn's bodyguard, "How old am I?...I know I don't have a birthday like humans, but I was born." "You were harvested," Tam Lin reminds him. "You were grown in that poor cow for nine months and then you were cut out of her." To most people around him, Matt is not a boy, but a beast. A room full of chicken litter with roaches for friends and old chicken bones for toys is considered good enough for him. But for El Patrn, lord of a country called Opiuma strip of poppy fields lying between the U.S. and what was once called MexicoMatt is a guarantee of eternal life. El Patrn loves Matt as he loves himself for Matt is himself. They share identical DNA.
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