Ship Breaker

by Paolo Bacigalupi

Book Overview

This thrilling bestseller and National Book Award Finalist is a gritty, high-stakes adventure of a teenage boy faced with conflicting loyalties, set in a dark future America devastated by the forces of climate change. In America's flooded Gulf Coast region, oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer. Grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316056219
• ISBN13: 9780316056212
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12