The House of the Scorpion
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Free eBook offer available to NEW subscribers only. Must redeem within 90 days. See full terms and conditions and this month's choices. Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor books: She grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border and now lives with her family in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona.
The House of the Scorpion
All of these serious issues are held together by a remarkable coming-of-age story. Readers will be hooked from the first page. Esperanza thanks the boys for giving her the ability to take down the Keepers. It is a forced labor camp run by the "Keepers" on collectivist, Marxist principles for all of the orphans, or "Lost Boys," of the territory, where plankton is harvested as a food source for the world's increasing population.
After escaping the Farm Patrol and being rescued by the Keepers, Matt is transferred there from the original camp along the border with Opium. There, he and several of his fellow inmates are subjected to physical beatings and psychological torture if they dare to challenge the system in any way, and Matt is described by the Keepers as an "aristocrat" for trying to incite dissent and imbuing his fellow orphans with ideas that don't fall in line with the Keepers' way of thinking.
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Later, he plans a rebellion to save both himself and the other Lost Boys, but his plans only come to fruition after he is forced to spend the night in the "boneyard," a massive graveyard consisting of the skeletal remains of beached whales that have formed sinkholes, which lies near the factory's outermost perimeter. It is the location of the convent school that the Mendoza girls attend, and the Keepers' plankton factory is located about 5—10 miles outside the city limits.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The House of the Scorpion Front cover of first edition, later printing with medal images. With acceptance speech by Farmer and introduction by panelist Han Nolan , who remarked: Association for Library Service to Children.
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