| Edition |
First Simon Pulse edition. |
| Description |
380 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
"A Richard Jackson book." |
| Contents |
Youth: 0 to 6: In the beginning -- Little house in the poppy fields -- Property of the alacran estate -- María -- Prison -- Middle age: 7 to 11 -- El patŕón -- Teacher -- Eejit in the dry field -- Secret passage -- Cat with nine lives -- Giving and taking of gifts -- Thing on the bed -- Lotus pond -- Celia's story -- Old age: 12 to 14 -- Starved bird -- Brother wolf -- Eejit pens -- Dragon hoard -- Coming-of-age -- Esperanza -- Blood wedding -- Betrayal -- Age 14: Death -- Final good-bye -- Farm patrol -- La vida nueva: Lost boys -- Five-legged horse -- Plankton factory -- Washing a dusty mind -- When the whales lost their legs -- Ton-ton -- Found out -- Boneyard -- Shrimp harvester -- El dia de los muertos -- castle on the hill -- Homecoming -- House of eternity |
| Summary |
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.1 15.0 61393. |
| Awards |
Winner of National Book Award |
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Newbery Honor Book |
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Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature Honor Book, 2003 |
| Subject |
Human cloning -- Juvenile fiction.
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Science fiction.
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| ISBN |
0689852231 paperback |
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9780689852237 paperback |
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