A Simon Pulse Guide for Reading GroupsThe House of the ScorpionBy Nancy FarmerABOUT THE BOOKMatt is a clone of El Patrón, a powerful drug lord of the land of Opium, which is located between the United States and Mexico. For six years...

THE CHILDREN FROM THE SEA OF TROLLS BRAVE THEIR WORST NIGHTMARES -- UNDERGROUND. Jack is amazed to have caused an earthquake. He is thirteen, after all, and only a bard-in-training. But his sister, Lucy, has been stolen by the Lad...

In this much-anticipated conclusion to the Sea of Trolls trilogy, Notland is no place to seek one's true calling. Or is it?

Jack is an apprentice bard just beginning to learn the secrets of his mysterious master when he and his little sister are captured by Viking chief Olaf One-Brow and taken to the court of Ivar the Boneless. Ivar is married to a half-tr...

Matteo Alacran was not born; he was harvested. His DNA came from El Patron, lord of a country called Opium -- a strip of poppy fields lying between the United States and what was once called Mexico. Matt's first cell split and divided...

Jack was eleven when the berserkers loomed out of the fog and nabbed him. 'It seems that things are stirring across the water,' the Bard had warned. 'Ships are being built, swords are being forged.' 'Is that bad?' Jack had asked, for ...

This Newbery Honor book by award-winning, bestselling author Nancy Farmer is being reissued in paperback!The year is 2194, and Tendai, Rita, and Kuda are the children of Zimbabwe's wealthy and powerful chief of security. They've escap...

As the teenage ruler of his own country, Matt must cope with clones and cartels in this riveting sequel to the modern classic House of the Scorpion, winner of the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, and a Printz Honor.Matt has alway...