Ship Breaker - Hardcover
A gritty, high-stakes adventure set in a futuristic world where oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer. In America's Gulf Coast region, grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. 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 by 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.... In this powerful novel, Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set in a vivid and raw, uncertain future.
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- PublisherSubterranean Press
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1596064439
- ISBN 13 9781596064430
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages272
- IllustratorJon Foster
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Jon Foster (illustrator). 1st Edition. NEW HARDBACK. SIGNED by PAOLO BACIGALUPI [NO Inscription]. LIMITED Ed. #10/300. DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark."A gritty, high-stakes adventure set in a futuristic world where oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer. In America's Gulf Coast region, grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. 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 by 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. " | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY!. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 000564
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Jon Foster (illustrator). Limited Edition. GORGEOUS heirloom quality collector edition of this great novel, SIGNED on the limitation page and one of only 300 copies worldwide. OUT OF PRINT before publication, and becoming hard to find on the secondary market, this is a new unread copy.In Shipbreaker his teenage protagonist Nailer has the filthy and dangerous job of scavenging grounded oil tankers for their copper wire. The author, multiple award winner for The Windup Girl, received the Michael L Printz Award for this riveting novel and has now been nominated for both the National Book Award for Young Adults and for the Nebula's Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. On a devastated Gulf Coast, seventeen-year-old Nailer ekes out a bleak existence scavenging copper wire from downed oil tankers. His horizons extend no further than the dangerous community of Bright Sands Beach, where his abusive father is the most brutal threat of all. But when a clipper ship washes ashore with a live and rich girl on board, Nailer has a decision to make. Will he profit from his find or gamble on helping her survive? With Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi offers a disturbing yet ultimately hopeful look into the near future. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # ABE-7012182606
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