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Nancy Farmer

Nancy Farmer has written three Newbery Honor books: The Ear, the Eye and the Arm; A Girl Named Disaster; and The House of the Scorpion, which, in 2002, also won the National Book Award and the Printz Honor. Other books include The Sea of Trolls, The Land of the Silver Apples, The Islands of the Blessed, Do You Know Me, The Warm Place, and three picture books for young children. She grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border and now lives with her family in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona.

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The Lord of Opium will be released on September 03, 2013 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, Audio Download, eBook
about 15 hours ago
The Islands of the Blessed will be released on October 16, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Oct 16, 2012
The Islands of the Blessed is now available in Trade Paperback
Oct 16, 2012
News:
The Sea of Trolls has won an award
Sep 26, 2012
Excerpt:
Excerpt 1 from The House of the Scorpion
Jul 24, 2012
A Christmas Carol is now available in eBook
Mar 13, 2012
A Christmas Carol will be released on March 13, 2012 in eBook
Mar 13, 2012
The House of the Scorpion will be released on May 11, 2010 in eBook
May 11, 2010
The House of the Scorpion is now available in eBook
May 11, 2010
The Islands of the Blessed will be released on October 20, 2009 in Hardcover
Oct 20, 2009
The Islands of the Blessed will be released on October 20, 2009 in eAudio
Oct 20, 2009
The Islands of the Blessed will be released on October 20, 2009 in Compact Disk
Oct 20, 2009
The Islands of the Blessed will be released on October 20, 2009 in eBook
Oct 20, 2009
The Islands of the Blessed is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook
Oct 20, 2009
The Islands of the Blessed is now available in Compact Disk, eAudio
Oct 20, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 1 from Land of the Silver Apples
Oct 19, 2009

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STLtoday.com, May 28, 2013
...the Stone by T.H. White, Twenty One Balloons by William Pene du Bois, Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (now in graphic novel format, too), Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards, and The...
Vienna Patch, February 20, 2013
...us for this super cool book club. Our first book will be The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer. Age 14-19. Website: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/ph/ Phone: 703-938-0405 Email: phprograms@fairfaxcounty.gov Price: $0...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, February 12, 2013
..._ The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer Matt is oblivious. Completely oblivious. The 6-year-old is living in the house of a maid named Celia, among the blinding white poppy fields of Opium, a drug empire located...
Chicago Tribune, February 11, 2013
..."City of Thieves" by David Benioff, "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher, "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer and "The Warrior Heir" by Cinda Williams Chima. Tell us about your favorite readers at printersrow@tribune.com...
PublishersWeekly.com, January 10, 2013
...The new book continues the story of Matt, the boy who was cloned from evil drug lord El Patrn in The House of the Scorpion. Now 14 years old, Matt rules his own country, the Land of Opium, the only thriving place in a world ravaged by ecological...
Equities.com, December 20, 2012
...Writers of the Future Contest winners listed on the New York Times best-seller’s list include: Jo Beverley, Nancy Farmer, Karen Joy Fowler, Sean Williams, Dave Wolverton aka David Farland, Patrick Rothfuss, Lisa Smedman, Tim Myers, Tobias S. Buckell,...
PRWeb, December 20, 2012
...major motion pictures. Former Contest winners listed on the New York Times best-seller’s list include: Jo Beverley, Nancy Farmer, Karen Joy Fowler, Sean Williams, Dave Wolverton aka David Farland, Patrick Rothfuss, Lisa Smedman, Tim Myers, Tobias S....
EducationNews.org, June 7, 2013
...representing a share of tuition at current rates, a proportion that remains constant even as tuition rises,” says Nancy Farmer, president and CEO of The Private College 529 Plan, a private college savings plan. “So, for instance, if you were to pay...
EducationNews.org, June 7, 2013
...representing a share of tuition at current rates, a proportion that remains constant even as tuition rises,” says Nancy Farmer, president and CEO of The Private College 529 Plan, a private college savings plan. “So, for instance, if you were to pay...
US News & World Report, June 5, 2013
...a share of tuition at current rates, a proportion that remains constant even as tuition rises," says Nancy Farmer, president and CEO of The Private College 529 Plan, a private college savings plan. "So, for instance, if you were to pay in $10,000, and...
Sydney Morning Herald, June 5, 2013
...colleagues. Anthony John Douglas Farmer was born in Adelaide on September 5, 1944, the son of Doug and Nancy Farmer. After schooling at Adelaide Technical High, he took a bachelor of science with honours from Adelaide University, then a PhD in physics...
US News & World Report, June 5, 2013
...a share of tuition at current rates, a proportion that remains constant even as tuition rises," says Nancy Farmer, president and CEO of The Private College 529 Plan, a private college savings plan. "So, for instance, if you were to pay in $10,000, and...
Daily Guide Ghana, June 3, 2013
...dark places, because he is something more. Lying is the most personal act of cowardice there is.” – Nancy Farmer, The House of the Scorpion .  It is said that the pen is mightier than the sword. Similarly, a lie may do more damage than a gun....
PublishersWeekly.com, May 31, 2013
...early next year. S&S was handing out galleys for a highly anticipated novel, The Lord of Opium (Atheneum), Nancy Farmer's sequel to The House of the Scorpion; there's an announced 500,000-copy first printing. Three Random House authors have new YA...