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Ship breakerPaolo Bacigalupi

Ship breaker

2010336 pages
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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...

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9 editions
  • Audiobook · English · 2015
    Brilliance Audio · 9781511319874
  • Other · English · 2011
    Little Brown · 352 pages · 9780316056199
  • Other · English · 2011
    Turtleback Books · 352 pages · 9780606234566
  • Other · English · 2011
    Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 336 pages · 9781907411106
  • Other · English · 2011
    Perfection Learning · 326 pages · 9781613831458
  • Other · English · 2011
    Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 336 pages · 9780748129386
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