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Ship breaker / by Paolo Bacigalupi.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316056212
  • ISBN: 0316056219
  • Physical Description: 326 p. ; 22 cm.
  • 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: Conduct of life > Fiction.
Recycling (Waste, etc.) > Fiction.
Shipwreck victims.
Dystopias > Fiction.
Scavenging > Fiction.
Clipper ships > Fiction.
Salvage > Fiction.
Poverty > Fiction.
Violence in men > Fiction.
Teenage boys > Fiction.
Shipwreck > Fiction.
Genre: Action and adventure fiction.
Science fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Covington Branch YA BACIG P (Text) 33126017048715 YA Fiction Available -


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