Winner: Michael L. Printz Award 2011, Locus Young Adult Book Award 2011, Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan) 2011
ALA Notable Children's Book: Older Readers 2011
In this futuristic dystopian novel, teenager Nailer scavenges beached tankers for scrap metals in order to survive and avoid his violent, drug-addicted father. After another violent storm, Nailer finds a modern clipper ship washed up on the beach and thinks his fortune has been made and all his problems will disappear. Not so, as he discovers a survivor in the wreckage, the daughter of a shipping company owner who swears she will show Nailer and his friend Pima a better life if they help her. The characters in this fast paced and bleak story make it memorable and the stark surreal story will remind teens to heed the warning signs of climate change or suffer a similar fate. For teens aged 12 and up.
See also by Paolo Bacigalupi, The Drowned Cities that further depicts the world described in Ship Breaker.
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