The House of the Scorpion
Discover this internationally bestselling, National Book Award–winning young adult classic about what it means to be human.
Matt Alacrán wasn’t born. He was harvested. His DNA came from El Patrón, the drug-lord ruler of the country of Opium. Most people hate and fear clones like Matt—except for El Patrón. El Patrón 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, and realizes escape is his only chance to survive. But escape from the Alacrán Estate is no guarantee of freedom.
380 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2002 by Simon and Schuster · ISBN 9781415534991
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English
- The House of the Scorpion · Simon and Schuster · 2002 · ISBN 9781415534991 This page
- The House of the Scorpion · Simon and Schuster · 2022 · ISBN 9781665918589
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