Ship Breaker
326 pages
|Published: 1 May 2010
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ISBN: 9780316056212
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date: 1 May 2010
Description
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...
