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Ship Breaker (National Book Award Finalist) by Paolo Bacigalupi is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Ship Breaker (National Book Award Finalist) about?
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 be
Who reads Ship Breaker (National Book Award Finalist)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Paolo Bacigalupi
- Publisher
- Little, Brown / Windup Stories, Inc.
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780316056199
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Children'S
- Rating
- 3.74 / 5 (32,417 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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