Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi Paperback Book

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Author: Paolo Bacigalupi

Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-CD

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published: Oct 2011

Genre: Children & Young Adults Fiction - Nature & The Natural World - Environment

Retail Price: $12.99

Ages: 12 - 17

Pages: 336

Synopsis

A gritty, high-stakes adventure set in a futuristic world where oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer.

In America's Gulf Coast region, grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota-and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or by chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life....

In this powerful novel, Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set in a vivid and raw, uncertain future.

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