I read the House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. The main storyline is about a clone named Matt. He was the clone of a 148 year old drug lord, El patron. El Patron was nearing his death, the greedy old man still wanted to live so the clones that he made of himself where going to have their organs harvested to keep him alive. Matt learned of this plan and with the help of his friends Celia, Tam Lin, and Maria He escaped to a country between South America and Opium. He was held captive and forced to work as soon as he crossed the border. He later than escaped again with more friends to find Maria who was in the same country at the time. Once he did he found out that he was the heir to the country Opium. He has made plans to free the slave people and take down the borders to make peace.
The theme of this story is that you can grow up being disposable and, with the help of friends you can become something much more . I can relate to this book because in hard times I have had friends help me out. This book also related to me in different ways. But that's another reason I liked this book.
This book really appealed to me . The storyline was very exiting and suspending at times. The characters also where easy to relate to. I would definitely recommend this book to others. They would enjoy for the same reasons as me.
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