Thursday, April 14, 2011

Ship Breaker

By Paolo Bacigalupi
(YA F Baci)
326 pages 2010 Science Fiction

Along the ruins of the Gulf Coast, teenaged Nailer survives by scavenging wrecked oil tankers for copper wiring. Every day is a struggle for food, watching out for betrayals, and avoiding his abusive father. When Nailer stumbles upon a beached clipper ship, he is convinced his luck has finally changed and envisions leaving his life of ship breaking for the riches from scavenging the destroyed ship. When he finds a beautiful girl on board who is still breathing, everything in his world changes. (Grades 8 & up)

Reviewed by Teen Librarian Sara H.

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