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Ship breaker /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bacigalupi, Paolo
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Recycling (Waste, etc.) > Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life > Fiction.
Recycling (Waste) > Fiction.
Shipwreck survivors > Fiction.
Dystopias > Fiction.
Scavenging > Fiction.
Clipper ships > Fiction.
Salvage > Fiction.
Poverty > Fiction.
Violence in men > Fiction.
Teenage boys > Fiction.
Shipwreck > Fiction.
Teenage boy/girl relations > Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Science fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Science fiction > Juvenile.
Description
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.
Item Description:"A novel"--Jacket.
Physical Description:326 pages ; 22 cm.
Audience:013-017.
Awards:A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:9780316056212 (hardcover) :
0316056219 (hardcover) :