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Ship breaker

Bacigalupi, Paolo (Author).

Summary: In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.

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  • ISBN: 0316056219
  • ISBN: 9780316056212
  • Physical Description: 326 p. ; 22 cm.
    print
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A novel"--Jacket.
Awards Note:
Michael L. Printz Award, 2011.
Subject: Shipwreck Fiction
Teenage boys Fiction
Violence in men Fiction
Poverty Fiction
Salvage Fiction
Clipper ships Fiction
Scavenging Fiction
Dystopias Fiction
Shipwreck victims
Recycling (Waste, etc.) Fiction
Conduct of life Fiction
Genre: Science fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.

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Summary: In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.
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