The House of the Scorpion has been sitting around my house for awhile. I wanted to read it because it’s a Newbery honor book, but I was a little nervous to start it because A Girl Named Disaster, also by Nancy Farmer, took me a month to read.


Anyway, I’m on page 80 and I started it at 9:00 last night. This book is Captivating! Nancy Farmer is a terrific writer.