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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. -- NoveList.

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  • ISBN: 9780316056199 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 326 p. ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2011, c2010.

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Awards Note:
National Book Award Honor for Young People's Literature, 2010.
Michael L. Printz Award, 2011.
Subject: Conduct of life -- Fiction
Recycling (Waste) -- Fiction
Tankers -- Juvenile fiction
Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- Juvenile fiction
Science fiction
Genre: Dystopias.
Young adult fiction.

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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. -- NoveList.

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