 Front cover of first edition, later printing with medal images | |
| Author | Nancy Farmer |
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| Cover artist | Russell Gordon |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult, science fiction novel, dystopian novel |
| Publisher | Atheneum Books |
Publication date | 2002 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 380 (first edition, hard) |
| ISBN | 0-689-85222-3 (first edition, hard) |
| OCLC | 48796533 |
| [Fic] 21 | |
| LC Class | PZ7.F23814 Ho 2002 |
| Followed by | The Lord of Opium |
The House of the Scorpion is a 2002 science fiction young adult novel by Nancy Farmer. It is set in the future and mostly takes place in Opium, a country which separates Aztlán (formerly Mexico) and the United States. The main character, Matteo Alacrán, or Matt, is a young clone of a drug lord of the same name, usually called "El Patrón". It is a story about the struggle to survive as a free individual and the search for a personal identity.