He won’t hesitate to kill a few thousand bystanders to get to his goals. El patron, his father-ish figure, is an evil, corrupt man. Matt’s small trusted family follows him as long as they can, helping him escape death and even find hidden truths. Avid readers can pick up on the hidden themes of found family, and abuse. The book follows many themes, first-time readers will see equality as the main theme, a very pressing matter in the sequel. We watch him grow and change as he learns the truth about himself and the world around him.
When he uses an iron cooking pot to smash his window and goes out into the world, Matt sets into motion a terrifying adventure in a land called Opium, ruled by El Patrón, a 142-year-old drug lord, inhabited by “eejits,” docile farmworkers controlled by brain implants. Matt is a clone, an outcast hated and feared as less than animal by human society. The house of scorpion follows Matt Alacrán, who has spent his youth hidden away in a secluded hut, his only knowledge of the world provided by his caregiver Celia and his view out the window on the white ocean of poppies growing all around. The House of the Scorpion and its sequel, Lord of Opium are by far her most recognized books, touching the hearts and minds of all of her readers. Nancy Farmer started by writing children’s books, many of which were inclusive and versatile. The book won the National book award for young people’s literature when it was released in 2002, and the John Newbery medal in 2003. The House of the Scorpion is a dystopian science fiction book written by Nancy Farmer.
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