00823cam a2200217 4500 1357138197 TxAuBib 20121205120000.0 040119s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780689852220 0689852223 TxAuBib Farmer, Nancy. The house of the scorpion. New York : A Richard Jackson Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002. 380 p. ; 24 cm. In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the 140-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States. 20040119. Cloning--Fiction. Science fiction.