Bibliograph

Ship breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi

Type

Label

Ship breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

4.4, ATOS LevelHL690L, Lexile

resource.interestGradeLevel

MG+/Upper middle grades (6th-12th)

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Ship breaker

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

dictionaries

resource.readingGradeLevel

Grade 3

Responsibility statement

Paolo Bacigalupi

Series statement

Ship Breaker Series;, Book 1

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG+, 4.4, 11, 137055

Summary

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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