by Nancy Farmer · L'Ecole des Loisirs · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782211071857
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«La maison du scorpion» is Nancy Farmer's young adult science fiction novel, published by L'Ecole des Loisirs in paperback (406 pages, in French).
In a dystopian future, the 140-year-old drug lord El Patrón dominates Opium, a country between Mexico and the United States. Matt, his clone, has received an education and developed intelligence. Upon discovering he is an organ reserve, Matt fights for his freedom in a society that despises clones, with dilemmas about identity and power.
First installment of the Matteo Alacran series; French translation by Valérie Dayre of the original novel «The House of the Scorpion», winner of the National Book Award.
For young and adult readers who enjoy dystopian science fiction and moral dilemmas about cloning and identity.
Nancy Farmer is an American writer of children's and young adult books and science fiction. She has written three Newbery Honor books and won the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The House of the Scorpion, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2002.
