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August 9, 2006
THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION BY Nancy Farmer
This tale begins in a Petri dsh; where some DNA was divided, placed in the womb of a cow, and eventually grew into a baby. That child is Matt, a clone of El Patron, the leader of Opium, a country somewhere near the USA. El Patron or Matteo Alacran is a ruthless leader who was born to extreme poverty but rose to great power.
Clones have been bred to keep El Patron alive for more than 140 years. Alacran has also bred field laborers with mindless bodies and computer chips in their brains to keep them submissive.
Most clones have their intelligence destroyed, but Matt has been spared this fate, so his organs can be harvested for El Patron. Matt belongs to El Patron and everyone must treat him like an equal, even though he is hated by El Patron's family.
As El Patron grows weaker, Matt's enemies grow bolder and greedier. Is Matt to be sacrificed for El Patron's next ten years of life or can Matt find a way to escape and make a better world for himself and others living under the tyranny of THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION?
THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE AT THE EAST MEADOW PUBLIC LIBRARY and is RECOMMENDED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN GRADES 7 TO 10. NANCY FARMER has also written A GIRL NAMED DISASTER, and the Newbery Award Winner, THE EYE, THE EAR AND THE ARM.
Submitted by Mrs. Jackson
Head of Young Adult Services
Posted by fjacksonem at August 9, 2006 9:32 AM
Comments
I think you should write a sequel to The House of the Scorpion. The book was great but the ending wasn't all that good. If you made a sequel I would be so happy. Please think about it and thank you. I really want to know what happens.
Posted by: Chad Phillips at May 1, 2007 7:59 PM
PLEASE write a sequel!!!! I loved this book SO much I sobbed when I read the last word! I had to read it for summer reading this year and it is the FIRST summer reading book that actually kept my attention! I love the House of The Scorpion! I wish that you would write another one, I would pay a lot for this second one! PLEASE consider writing another!!!!!
PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Rachel at July 30, 2007 4:27 PM
as yet
i try to get your books more
now i just have the sea of troll
indonesian's public likes it very much
Posted by: bernand at November 4, 2007 11:22 PM
So sad. I practically fell in love with a fictional character out of sympathy. It's that well written.
And yes, agreed. We'd all like a sequal sometime soon. Again, it's a very well written book.
Posted by: L of Justice at January 14, 2008 3:39 PM
House of the scorpion is the best book in the world. I absolutly loved it, and i've read it 4 times. you have to, have to, have to, write a sequel to it. I too, would pay a lot of money for the sequel.
YOU HAVE TO WRITE A SEQUEL AND SOON!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: air at January 23, 2008 9:52 PM
House of The Scorpion has to be one the best books I have read in my life!! It grabs you attention and makes you think one thing the it goes and does another. At the end I cried that because it was over and I wanter more. I recomend it to any reader!!
please make another book to this!!!
Posted by: Lauren at February 21, 2008 9:49 PM
I just read this book for a school projest and in my opinion it is the best book I have found in the school library so far and also one of the best books I have ever read. If there's not a sequal yet there should be!!! I got kinda upset at the end of the book because I want to know what Matt does next, what happens to Maria, and how everyones lives turn out!!!
I MUST KNOW MORE!!!
Posted by: Jessie L. at March 20, 2008 5:03 PM
Oh my God i just loved the book The House of the Scorpion its the best book ever written
please write a sequel
Posted by: G at March 25, 2008 2:37 PM
Hi.
I was just wondering your purpose for writing this book?
Is it to give out a message that cloning is alright in the world although people are against it?
Posted by: Isabella at April 2, 2008 3:08 PM
... I don't mean to repeat what everyone else has said at least 10 times already, but I gotta say, I would love to see a sequel to this book on sale in the near future. I had my doubts about it at first, but it is one of my favorites now.
And Isabella, the book wasn't actually disputing the issue about cloning in general. It was, however, saying that, if clones ever were made, they would truly be people- just like everyone else. They should have rights and be treated equally with everyone else- after all, twins may be born the same, but they grow up differently, and it shows.
Posted by: Daniel at July 10, 2008 9:48 PM
omg i love this book i wish there was another book that was just like it.i have read this book twice and i am only 16 years i love nanceys books they are very thrilling and adventurous. she makes you fell like you are in the book and you are doing all this stuff with her. hope i can find onother book just like this one it is ausom
Posted by: devan valentine at September 26, 2008 11:01 AM
please write a sequal! this was a fantastic book and i got in trouble many times for reading it during class. It was amazing. one of the best books ive ever read. PLEASE WRITE A SEQUAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: E. Scully at October 2, 2008 6:46 PM
This book is really really good. I've ridden a lot of other books by you. I just found this one and started reading it and LOVED it. A sequal would be absolutely amazing!
Posted by: Rebekah Thomas at October 29, 2008 12:02 PM
hi. I read this book in 2 days it was that good. Though i want to know if Matt ends up like el patron and i laso would really want to see a sequel.
Though near the end t got boring . :P
Posted by: jose at November 16, 2008 10:15 PM
omg please write a sequal i read the book slowly in a day and loved it but the end was dissapointing i wanna know what happens to the cahrecters and matts plan
Posted by: jamie at January 14, 2009 9:31 PM
hey! Nacny i agree with everybody els i really think you should write a sequel for the house of the scorpion it was sooo good! please would you write a sequel pelase?!?!?!??!?!?!?!? :-(
Posted by: mason at January 16, 2009 5:57 PM
PLEASE MAKE A SEQUEL I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH. WHAT HAPPENS TO MATT AND MARIA PLEASE TELL US IN A BOOK!!!
Posted by: huntercooper at March 6, 2009 1:36 PM
ya this relly needs a sequel to it. the book was great but it dosnt relly have a ending to it
Posted by: bite me at April 27, 2009 3:23 PM
Yeah, I'm surprised that a sequel has not come out yet. The book was published in 2002, so maybe we'll see multiple inclusions of the series. But, I doubt it since it's been 7 years...........
Posted by: Shaquille at June 2, 2009 8:08 PM