The House Of The Scorpion By Nancy Farmer

I have finished the book, The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, and I will be presenting readers with a book review of this book. As there are many spoilers in this review, if you are planning to read this book, I suggest you to turn back, and read the book first. Now, if you ignored my warning, it's time to read the book review! The story begins with the protagonist, Matt, in his youth years, when he is 0 to 6 years old. It starts off with Matt arguing with his caretaker, Celia. When she leaves, shortly after, Matt meets two kids outside his house talking about him. The next day, he finds that this time three kids came and visited him. As Matt realizes that they are about to leave, he breaks the window, and injures his foot. The three kids rush him to a
During that time, Matt learns about the estate more, and wants to learn as much as he can. Also, he has made friends with Maria, one of the kids who got him to a doctor. After these chapters, the book says Matt has reached his old years, 11 to 14. During this time, Matt learns of the darker side of the estate and El Patron. He realizes that the people working in the drug trade factories are not really people, but people with electronic chips in their brains that control them. Also, Celia, Tam Lin and Maria were secretly telling him the truth of things about El Patron, the person he was cloned from. He learns that El Patron only keeps Matt around to lengthen his life, and that Matt will die to help El Patron. Matt plans to run away with Maria helping him, but fails and is sent to the powerful drug lord. However, as Matt was about to be operated on, El Patron dies, and in the confusion, Tam Lin helps Matt run away and get to freedom. After these short chapters, the book changes to Matt new life out of the estate. As he is out of the estate, he helps arrest corrupt people in Mexico, and makes some friends. He eventually finds Maria and her mother, and they tell him that since he is El Patron’s