TY  - BOOK
AU  - 
TI  - Ship breaker: a novel
SN  - 9780316056199
U1  - B125s 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
KW  - Ship breaker
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Conduct of life--Fiction
KW  - Recycling (Waste)-- Fiction
KW  - Science fiction
N1  - In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, 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 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 it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life. . . .

In this powerful novel, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set in a vivid and raw, uncertain future
N2  - 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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