House of the Scorpion: Final Review

The House of the Scorpion was a very eye-opening book, and I think that it explained that we still are discriminating people, and if we don't put a stop to it, then it will continue into the future. We should learn to put aside our differences and figure out a way to bring peace to our collapsing world. The House of the Scorpion was a book about a young clone named Matteo (Matt) Alacran who is raised by a drug lord, and struggles to be treated equally among others. The story is set in a little strip of land named Opium, a drug country that borders the US and Mexico. The country is controlled by a powerful drug lord, it acts as border control for the two countries and in return is allowed to produce and distribute drugs all over the world, except to the US and Mexico. Matt the clone of El Patron (powerful drug lord) is discriminated, looked down upon and treated like an animal. Matt strives for excellence, academically so that he prove that he is just as intelligent as any other human being. I think that the book was very well written, and I really enjoyed it. The book U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature and was named a Newbery Honour Book. It has received many other honours. This book I think really was aimed toward the young adult audience, and I think that it did a really good job at empowering them and helping them understand the issues in today's world. This book is a science fiction book and is set in the future, and so you might also like to read, City of Ember or the Giver if you have not read them already. Overall, a very interesting and fun book to read. I would give this book a rating of 4/5.