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  • The House of the Scorpion

  • Many themes discussed in the book are highly likely to happen: microchip implants to control the mind, cloning technology in order to extract useful organs, and many other interesting yet sinister possibilities. Beautiful storyline that draws the reader's interest right away. In the future we may be ... Continue

    Many themes discussed in the book are highly likely to happen: microchip implants to control the mind, cloning technology in order to extract useful organs, and many other interesting yet sinister possibilities. Beautiful storyline that draws the reader's interest right away. In the future we may become just like the charaters in the story. Or maybe not? The power of choice is greatly emphasized in this read. You can chose to allow the past to sculpt your character, or take a step forward and decide to do what is right.

    

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  • One of my all time favorite books. I think it is such a great book for discussion.

    

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Matteo Alacrán was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patrón, lord of a country called Opium -- a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cell split and divided inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monster -- except for El Patrón. El Patrón loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself.

As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patrón's power-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But escape from the Alacr n Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect.

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