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Bacigalupi, Paolo.
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Michael L. Printz Award.
Teenage boys -- Fiction.
Recycling (Waste, etc) -- Fiction.
Shipwrecks -- Fiction.
Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
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Bacigalupi, Paolo.
Michael L. Printz Award.
Teenage boys -- Fiction.
Recycling (Waste, etc) -- Fiction.
Shipwrecks -- Fiction.
Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
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Ship
breaker
/ by Paolo Bacigalupi.
by
Bacigalupi, Paolo.
Little, Brown, 2010.
Call #:
FICTION BAC
Subjects
Michael L. Printz Award.
Teenage boys -- Fiction.
Recycling (Waste, etc) -- Fiction.
Shipwrecks -- Fiction.
Choice (Psychology) -- Fiction.
Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Series
Bacigalupi, Paolo.
Ship
breaker
; [1].
ISBN:
9780316201582 (2011 pbk.)
9780316056212 (hc.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
326 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"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..." --From the publisher.
Audience:
Ages 12–up. Publishers Weekly.
Awards:
Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2011.
Genre:
Adventure fiction.
Dystopian fiction.
Futuristic fiction.
Science fiction.
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