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Format:
Electronic Resources
Title:
The house of the scorpion
ISBN:
9780689852220
Edition:
First edition.
Publication:
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2002]
Physical Description:
380 pages ; 24 cm.
Number in series:
1.
Contents:
Youth : 0 to 6 -- In the beginning -- The little house in the poppy fields -- Property of the Alacrán estate -- María -- Prison -- Middle age : 7 to 11 -- El patrón -- Teacher -- The eejit in the dry field -- The secret passage -- A cat with nine lives -- The giving and taking of gifts -- The thing on the bed -- The lotus pond -- Celia's story -- Old age : 12 to 14 -- A starved bird -- Brother wolf -- The eejit pens -- The dragon hoard -- Coming-of-age -- Esperanza -- Blood wedding -- Betrayal -- Age 14 -- Death -- A final good-bye -- The farm patrol -- La vida nueva -- The lost boys -- A five-legged horse -- The plankton factory -- Washing a dusty mind -- When the whales lost their legs -- Ton-ton -- Found out -- The boneyard -- The shrimp harvester -- El día de los muertos -- The castle on the hill -- Homecoming -- The house of eternity.
Summary:
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
Reading Level:
660 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader blank 5.1 15.0 61393.

Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.1 15.0 61393.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.1 23 Quiz: 32029 Guided reading level: Z+.

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