House of the Scorpion; Book Review

            Matt had lived in a small house on the border of the United Sates and Opium for all his life, being raised by his mother Celia. One day however, he heard something that he had not quite heard before, the sound of children playing. Never having seen the outside world before, he smashed open his bedroom window only to find himself being rushed to the hospital and being denied treatment to his injury. From that point on, life for Matt was a whole different story. Why was everyone so scared of Matt? He hadn’t done anything to anyone at all. Why did no one want to be around Matt? To his surprise Matt would be in for quite an adventure.

            The House of the Scorpion is an outstanding book about a boy named Matt. Nancy Farmer does such and excellent job writing the book as the characters you read practically come to life before your eyes. Reading the book takes you to a whole different world alongside the characters portrayed in the book.

            I think that this is a very well written book and would recommend it to anyone over the age of 12 as much of the language may be a bit to hard for younger people to read. Out of ten, I would rate this book at about a 8/10 because of how well the characters are written but that it also is a bit confusing in some parts.