The House of the Scorpion - Brossura

Farmer, Nancy

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ISBN 10: 1471118312 ISBN 13: 9781471118319

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books, 2013

Riassunto

Newberry Honour Award Winner & National Book Award Winner Matt is six years old when he discovers that he is different from other children and other people. To most, Matt isn't considered a boy at all, but a beast, dirty and disgusting. But to El Patron, lord of a country called Opium, Matt is the guarantee of eternal life. El Patron loves Matt as he loves himself - for Matt is himself. They share the exact same DNA. As Matt struggles to understand his existence and what that existence truly means, he is threatened by a host of sinister and manipulating characters, from El Patron's power-hungry family to the brain-deadened eejits and mindless slaves that toil Opium's poppy fields. Surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards, escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But even escape is no guarantee of freedom... because Matt is marked by his difference in ways that he doesn't even suspect. "It's a pleasure to read science fiction that's full of warm, strong characters... that doesn't rely on violence as the solution to complex problems of right and wrong. It's a pleasure to read." - Ursula K. LeGuin "Fabulous" - Diana Wynne Jones

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PRAISE FOR THE HOUSE OF THE SCORPION
"This is a powerful, ultimately hopeful story that builds on today's sociopolitical, ethical, and scientific issues and prognosticates a compelling picture of what the future could bring. All of these serious issues are held together by a remarkable coming-of-age story." -Booklist, starred review
"An inspiring tale of friendship, survival, hope, and transcendence." -Kirkus, starred review

"Farmer's novel may be futuristic, but it hits close to home, raising questions of what it means to be human, what is the value of life, and what are the responsibilities of a society. Readers will be hooked from the first page."-Publishers Weekly, starred review

"This is mind-expanding fiction for older teens that also works for adults - think Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Orwell's 1984 or Nevil Shute's On the Beach." -USA Today

L'autore:

Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor Books: A Girl Named Disaster, The Ear, The Eye and the Arm, The House of the Scorpion, which also won the National Book Award and received a Printz Honor. She grew up on the border between Arizona and Mexico in the landscape that she evokes so strongly in her disturbing futuristic adventure The House of the Scorpion. Nancy Farmer lives with her family in Menlo Park, California.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster Childrens Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1471118312
• ISBN 13: 9781471118319
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400