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Ship Breaker

By Paolo Bacigalupi (Hardcover Book, 2010)

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. . . .

In this powerful novel, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set in a vivid and raw, uncertain future.

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- Format: Hardcover Book
- Price: $17.99 US/$21.99 CAN
- ISBN-13: 9780316056212
- On Sale Date: 05/01/2010
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Paolo Bacigalupi is a rising star in the science fiction community. The author of Pump Six and Other Stories and The Windup Girl, he is both a Nebula and Hugo Award nominee, and the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award for best science fiction short story and two Locus Awards for best collection and best novelette. Paolo lives in western Colorado with his wife and son. Ship Breaker is his first novel for young adults.

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Praise for Ship Breaker

"Bacigalupi's future earth is brilliantly imagined and its genesis anchored in contemporary issues...The characters are layered and complex, and their almost unthinkable actions and choices seem totally credible. Vivid, brutal, and thematically rich, this captivating title is sure to win teen fans for the award-winning Bacigalupi." --Booklist (starred review)

"Bacigalupi (The Windup Girl) makes a stellar YA debut with this futuristic tale of class imbalance on the Gulf Coast...Bacigalupi's cast is ethnically and morally diverse, and the book's message never overshadows the storytelling, action-packed pacing, or intricate world-building." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Praise for Pump Six and Other Stories
"Bacigalupi's extraordinary debut collection of futuristic tales, most of which focus on the very personal consequences of environmental disaster, delivers astute social commentary in poignant, revelatory prose." (Publishers Weekly (Best Books of the Year)).
Praise for Pump Six and Other Stories
"Bacigalupi's stellar first collection of 10 stories displays the astute social commentary and consciousness-altering power of the very best short form science fiction." (starred review) (Publishers Weekly).
Praise for The Windup Girl
"This complex, literate and intensely felt tale, which recalls both William Gibson and Ian McDonald at their very best, will garner Bacigalupi significant critical attention and is clearly one of the finest science fiction novels of the year." (starred review) (Publishers Weekly).
Advance Praise for Ship Breaker
"Paolo Bacigalupi is the most exciting new voice to emerge in fantastic literature this decade: a brilliant spinner of exciting, thought-provoking tales. Ship Breaker will knock your socks off!" (Robert J. Sawyer, author of Flashforward).
Advance Praise for Ship Breaker
"A riveting tale of adventure in a broken world . . . Ship Breaker is the best debut novel I've read in ages." (Scott Westerfeld, author of Leviathan).
Advance Praise for Ship Breaker
"Exciting, poetic, and breathtaking." (Sherman Alexie, author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian).
Advance Praise for Ship Breaker
"A top-notch dystopian thriller, from its claustrophobic opening pages to its race-against-the-waves ending." (Barry Lyga, author of The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl and Boy Toy).
Advance Praise for Ship Breaker
"Tough, tense, and terrific-a story that keeps you turning pages while you read, and returning to the tale long after you're done." (John Scalzi, author of Old Man's War).
Advance Praise for Ship Breaker
"This gripping novel is all about the nature of trust and of family. . . . Nailer and his intense, beautiful world will linger in your mind for a long time." (Kim Stanley Robinson, author of the Mars trilogy).
(Publishers Weekly).