Ship Breaker

<i>A gritty, high-stakes adventure set in a futuristic world where oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer.</i><br /> <br /> In Americas 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 its worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life....<br /> <br /> In this powerful novel, Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set in a vivid and raw, uncertain future.

Author: Paolo Bacigalupi

Language: English

Edition: Reprint

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 352

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Publication Date: 2011-10-03