\”Everyone who read and liked The Hunger Games will thoroughly enjoy Bacigalupi\’s Ship Breaker. This dystopian novel is set in the New Orleans-area 100 years in the future. The \’ship breakers\’ are a group of people who tear apart grounded oil tankers scavenging for copper wire. The storyline is very believable, especially with the choices governments and people are making at this time in our lives. Nailer, the protagonist of the story is an exceptional ship breaker as he is casino online canada small enough to crawl through spaces to retrieve worthwhile metals and materials that can be sold on the black market. After a hurricane, Nailer and Pima, a friend, discover a stranded exquisite clipper owned by one of the \’swanks.\’ As they crawl through this extremely opulent ship, Pima and Nailer realize they have made a discovery of a lifetime. If they can keep it for themselves they will have wealth beyond their dreams to give them the independence few can claim. While searching and gathering their treasures, they discover a young girl barely alive. Whatever choice they make will change their lives forever.\”—Cynthia, Paulina Springs Books, with locations in Sisters and Redmond, OR. Buy Ship Breaker from Paulina Springs Books.
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Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi
December 7, 2011