The House of the Scorpion
Nancy Farmer, © 2002
young-adult sci-fi; 380 pages
In the future, the land between the U.S. and Mexico is a country named Opium, which is used solely for the farming of drugs to be distributed all over the world. The protagonist, Matteo Alacrán, is a clone of the drug czar and ruler of Opium, 140 year old El Patrón.
This is a great action adventure read that also gives interesting possibilities and ramifications of cloning and other scientific advances. Winning three different awards for young-adult literature it is definitely worth a look.
consider it
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I remember maniac magee! I think about him every time i encounter a particularly hairy knot.
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