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Ship breaker

Bacigalupi, Paolo.

Ship breaker - New York. Little, Brown and Co.. 11/23/2011 - 326 p. ; 22 cm.

In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.

Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection

9780316056212 (hardcover) : 0316056219 (hardcover) :

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Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Recycling (Waste, etc.) -- Fiction.
Science fiction.