Title: The Lord of Opium Author: Nancy Farmer Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Publication Date: September 3, 2012 ISBN-13: 978-1442482548 432 pp. ARC provided by publisher I'm back from my summer hiatus and so happy to be able to review this book for you! I'm a huge fan of The House of Scorpion , which I listened to on audio , and am thrilled that Nancy Farmer is continuing Matt's story. I don't think it's much of a secret now that Matt is actually the clone of an evil drug lord known as El Patron and Matt was raised to be his organ donor. El Patron dies at the end of The House of Scorpion and Matt becomes the new Lord of Opium. The Lord of Opium literally starts the next day after The House of Scorpion ends. If you haven't read The House of Scorpion , you can follow along well enough, but I highly suggest reading The House of Scorpion first. It's a different type of storytelling because it starts when Matt is very y...
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