Ship breaker /
by Paolo Bacigalupi.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Little, Brown, 2010.
- 326 p. ; 22 cm.
Booklist starred School Library Journal Wilson's Senior High School Booklist starred, May 2010 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2010 Horn Book Starred, July 2010 Horn Book, October 2010 Kirkus Review, April 2010 Library Media Connection starred, August 2010 Pub Weekly, April 2010 School Library Journal, June 2010 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2010 Wilson's Senior High School, February 2011
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.