Ship Breaker

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...

• Author
• Paolo Bacigalupi

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 326

• Series
• Ship Breaker

• Publisher
• Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 978-0-316-05621-2

• EAN
• 9780316056212

• Characters
• Nailer, Pima, Nita Chadhury, Sadna, Richard Lopez

• Settings
• New Orleans, Louisiana

• Genres
• dystopia, fiction, adventure, fantasy, teen, steampunk, audiobook

• Release date
• 2010