![]() ![]() ![]() The novel renders painfully realistic consequences of climate change through the eyes of an adolescent, exposing young readers to the importance of environmental stewardship and presenting a sobering look at a possible future. Ship Breaker was a National Book Award finalist and was followed by two sequels, The Drowned Cities in 2012 and Tool of War in 2017. When he discovers a survivor on a grounded ship, he must decide whether to do his job or to. An accident introduces Nailer to the stranded daughter of a powerful local merchant, and the two embark on a perilous adventure towards safety and, hopefully, a new home. Booksource is the premier trade book distributor to K-12 school classrooms across the country. This third book in a major series by a bestselling science fiction author, Printz Award winner, and National Book Award finalist is the gripping story of. Paolo Bacigalupi’s young adult dystopian novel Ship Breaker (2010) was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and the recipient of both the Locus Award for Best Young Adult Book and the Michael L. ![]() In Ship Breaker, the polar ice caps have melted and humanity has reverted to a near-feudal existence where Nailer, a teenager under the abusive care of a drug-addicted father, works on a crew scavenging copper and other valuable materials from derelict ships on the shores of the now-underwater Gulf Coast region. Paolo Bacigalupi has often written dystopian novels about the aftermath of environmental collapse, and his first young-adult book, published in 2010, is no different. ![]()
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