houseofthescorp

__The House of the Scorpion__ by Nancy Farmer ISBN: 0-439-57782-9 c2002 380 pages

Good sections to read aloud: pp. 52-53 showing how Matt is treated like an animal pp. 180-181 when El Patron is sick and they want Matt at the hospital...this is where he begins to realize why they have kept him around

Summary: Matt is a clone...one who was “harvested” in a cow. He is treated like an animal on the plantation he lives on until El Patron, his master, tells everyone to treat him better...or else. El Patron has a lot of control at his very old age. The real reason he continues cloning is to keep himself alive. Matt doesn’t know this, but when he discovers all he is really around for, he is determined to find a way out, but, is life better somewhere else?

YA Fiction--science fiction; cloning

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