Ship Breaker

by Paolo Bacigalupi (Author)

Book Cover for Ship Breaker

   Book 1   
Pages: 326
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Nailer's time is running out. He's getting too big for his work - stripping copper wire from old oil tankers - and once he's off the crew he's on his own, stuck in a shack on the beach with no food, no money and no way of earning his keep. He has one last chance. The thing all crew members dream about, a lucky strike, has hit in the shape of a clipper ship beached during the last hurricane. If he can hold off the rest of the scavengers long enough to get the oil out, he might just have a future. But oil's not the only thing on the ship. And what Nailer finds is going to change his life forever.

Recognition: Michael L. Printz Award Winner (2011); YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults List (2011); Locus Award Winner - Best Young Adult Book(2011); ALA Top Ten List - Best Fiction for Young Adults (2011); National Book Award nominee - Young People’s Literature (2010); Andre Norton Award nominee - Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy (2010); Cybil Award nominee - Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2010); Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) nominee - Best Young Adult Paranormal/Fantasy Novel (2010); Publishers Weekly's List - Best Children's Books of the Year for Fiction (2010); Amazon.com's Best Books List (2010)




Ship Breaker Series—Summary and Book Order

Series: Ship Breaker
Reading level: 13+
Books in series: 2
Read in order? No
Next release: Finished
Tags: adventure  science fiction  fantasy  dystopian  post-apocalyptic  steampunk 

 Print series book list

Books in series order

1.   Ship Breaker  (2010)
2.   The Drowned Cities  (2012)