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= __The House of The Scorpion __ = __**By: Nancy Farmer** __  space space space Imagine you are not human. Your life is only a set up, and the people around you know that you're only going to live until the age of fourteen. You are known as the filthiest animal in the world, but yet you look human. You find yourself confused by peoples reactions, and you just want to fit in. This is how Matteo Alacrán feels in Nancy Farmer's riveting novel __The House of The Scorpion__. space space space __The House of The Scorpion __ takes place in the future and tells the story of Matteo Alacrán, an everyday boy living on a huge estate in Mexico with his adoptee mom, Celia. Or at least that is what Matt thinks. To others, Matt is a filthy clone grown from a cow for the use of his body parts when the powerful ruler, Opium harvester, and Mexican multi-trillionaire Él Patron gets old and his heart fails. Throughout the story, Matt must learn that every one is human and that we are all going to make mistakes sometimes. spacespacespacesp The science topic that this book is mostly based on is cloning. In the book, it's interesting and well, kind of gross, because they grow the clones by sticking their microscopic organisms in a female cow and letting her give birth to the clone. What I liked about the author's style of writing was that it was set in Mexico with a Spanish twist. This was really cool because throughout the book the author described some of the geography of Spain such as one spot that Matteo often visits called the oasis. The author described this as a little piece of paradise between a gap in a cliff which made me picture it so well so that I could almost smell the freshness in the air in that spot. This is just proof of how well the author could describe the geography so that it almost felt like you were there. space space space Another thing that the author did to make her book stand out from the rest was that she made her characters so different and unique. I enjoyed some of the characters while other characters I really wanted to throw off a cliff. One of my favorite characters was Maria. From the beginning, Maria was kind to Matt and she was sort of a rebel. Maria would go against the rules to protect Matt, and she was also really strong and independent. One character that I really wanted to throw off a cliff was El Patron. He acted like he was a good guy, but then he would do something so evil that I had to read the same sentence over and over again just to believe what he did. In this book, the setting really added to the story because it takes place on a vast estate that has poppy fields and mountains in the distance. The setting was pretty similar to today's world because when I was reading the book it reminded me of a plantation since the esate in the book harvests Opium. (Opium is a type of plant that is used in medicine.) I highly suggest you read this book because it is so different from other books in so many ways that it is really nice to read something so creative and diverse for a change. space space space ﻿I recommend this book to people who like science fiction with trickery, adventure, and deceitful characters. I really enjoyed the book, and I hope you get to read it soon! media type="custom" key="7802441" align="right" width="5" height="5"