[LM_NET] BOOK: The House of Scorpion by Farmer

["fmuller@tellurian.com" <fmuller@TELLURIAN.COM>]

Farmer, Nancy._The House of Scorpion._Simon Pulse, 2002
[0-689-85223-1]
Matt lives in a future country which lies between the US and
Mexico.  He is a clone of a rich 140-year-old ruler who can
afford to "raise" clones for replacement parts.  The country
is a major opium provider which is harvested by "eegets" who
have had computer chips placed in their brains to become
worker drones.  Matt escapes the country and ends up in an
orphanage run by cruel Keepers (a kind of Oliver Twist
story.)  This 380 page book wraps up a little too tight but
I highly recommend it.  It is very thought-provoking and can
lead to discussions of raising clones for body parts,
technology abusing people, and an unwatched environment.


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Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ  07860
fmuller@tellurian.net
My book  comments are compiled at:
http://www.halsted.org/br.htm

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