The House of the Scorpion

Nancy Farmerhas written three Newbery Honor books, includingThe House of the Scorpion; The Ear, the Eye and the Arm;andA Girl Named Disaster.Other books includeDo You Know Me, The Warm Place,and three picture books for young children. She grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border in the landscape she evokes so strongly in this novel. She lives with her family in Menlo Park, California.

Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor books, including The House of the Scorpion; The Ear, the Eye and the Arm; and A Girl Named Disaster. Other books include Do You Know Me, The Warm Place, and three picture books for young children. She grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border in the landscape she evokes so strongly in this novel. She lives with her family in Menlo Park, California.

YOUTH: 0 TO 6

1. In the Beginning

2

(3)

2. The Little House in the Poppy Fields

5

(10)

3. Property of the Alacran Estate

15

(10)

4. María

25

(11)

5. Prison

36

(16)

MIDDLE AGE: 7 TO 11

6. El Patrón

52

(13)

7. Teacher

65

(10)

8. The Eejit in the Dry Field

75

(9)

9. The Secret Passage

84

(8)

10. A Cat with Nine Lives

92

(10)

11. The Giving and Taking of Gifts

102

(10)

12. The Thing on the Bed

112

(10)

13. The Lotus Pond

122

(14)

14. Celia's Story

136

(10)

OLD AGE: 12 TO 14

15. A Starved Bird

146

(10)

16. Brother Wolf

156

(10)

17. The Eejit Pens

166

(12)

18. The Dragon Hoard

178

(8)

19. Coming-of-Age

186

(8)

20. Esperanza

194

(9)

21. Blood Wedding

203

(12)

22. Betrayal

215

(15)

AGE 14

23. Death

230

(10)

24. A Final Good-bye

240

(8)

25. The Farm Patrol

248

(12)

LA VIDA NUEVA

26. The Lost Boys

260

(9)

27. A Five-legged Horse

269

(8)

28. The Plankton Factory

277

(11)

29. Washing a Dusty Mind

288

(7)

30. When the Whales Lost Their Legs

295

(11)

31. Ton-Ton

306

(11)

32. Found Out

317

(7)

33. The Boneyard

324

(10)

34. The Shrimp Harvester

334

(11)

35. El Dia de los Muertos

345

(8)

36. The Castle on the Hill

353

(10)

37. Homecoming

363

(10)

38. The House of Eternity

373

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The House of the Scorpion

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