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Matt is not born in the traditional sense; he is harvested from the DNA of El Patón, the ruler of Opium, a region between the United States and former Mexico. Cultured in a petri dish and then incubated inside a cow, Matt grows into a clone whose life is tightly controlled by his creator. Though El Patón loves Matt as he loves himself, the boy’s existence draws the ire of the lord’s power-hungry family and an army of bodyguards. Faced with a looming threat to his life, Matt’s only hope is to escape the Alacrán Estate, though his unique lineage puts him at a perpetual disadvantage.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Nancy Farmer
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