Ship Breaker

Subterranean Press USA, 2011 GORGEOUS heirloom quality collector edition of this great novel, SIGNED on the limitation page and one of only 300 copies worldwide. OUT OF PRINT before publication, and becoming hard to find on the secondary market, this is a new unread copy.In Shipbreaker his teenage protagonist Nailer has the filthy and dangerous job of scavenging grounded oil tankers for their copper wire. The author, multiple award winner for The Windup Girl, received the Michael L Printz Award for this riveting novel and has now been nominated for both the National Book Award for Young Adults and for the Nebula's Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy. On a devastated Gulf Coast, seventeen-year-old Nailer ekes out a bleak existence scavenging copper wire from downed oil tankers. His horizons extend no further than the dangerous community of Bright Sands Beach, where his abusive father is the most brutal threat of all. But when a clipper ship washes ashore with a live and rich girl on board, Nailer has a decision to make. Will he profit from his find or gamble on helping her survive? With Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi offers a disturbing yet ultimately hopeful look into the near future. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. Illus. by Jon Foster. Signed by Author. Limited Edition.. Hardcover. New/New.