Reading Time
6 hrs 39 mins
How long to read The House of the Scorpion?
The estimated word count of The House of the Scorpion is 99,665 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 6 hrs 39 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 11 hrs 5 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 3 hrs 42 mins.
| The House of the Scorpion - 99,665 words | ||
|---|---|---|
| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 11 hrs 5 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 6 hrs 39 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 3 hrs 42 mins |
- Authors
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Nancy Farmer
More about The House of the Scorpion
99,665 words
Word Count
for The House of the Scorpion
400 pages
Pages
10 hours and 43 minutes
Audiobook length
Description
Series: National Book Award Winner for Young People's Literature, Newbery Honor Book, Printz Honor BookMatteo Alacrán was not born; he was harvested.His DNA came from El Patrón, 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 inside a petri dish. Then he was placed in the womb of a cow, where he continued the miraculous journey from embryo to fetus to baby. He is a boy now, but most consider him a monster--except for El Patrón. El Patrón loves Matt as he loves himself, because Matt is himself.As Matt struggles to understand his existence, he is threatened by a sinister cast of characters, including El Patrón's power-hungry family, and he is surrounded by a dangerous army of bodyguards. Escape is the only chance Matt has to survive. But escape from the Alacrán Estate is no guarantee of freedom, because Matt is marked by his difference in ways he doesn't even suspect.