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Ship breaker / by Paolo Bacigalupi.

Bacigalupi, Paolo. (Author).

Summary:

In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780316056199 (pbk)
  • Physical Description: 326 pages ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) 2025-26, Grades 9-12.
Series title and numeration from FantasticFiction.
Target Audience Note:
690 Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader Middle Grades 4.4 11.0
Awards Note:
National Book Award Finalist
Michael L. Printz Award, 2011
ORCA nomination, Senior division, 2012-2013
SLJ,V,BL*,PW*,HB*,
An Atlantis Subscriptions selection
Subject: Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Recycling (Waste) > Fiction.
Genre: Science fiction.

Available copies

  • 16 of 16 copies available at Sage Library System.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Union County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cook Memorial Library - La Grande . (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Cook Memorial Library - La Grande YA Bacigalupi, P (Text) 35178002085960 Young Adult Available -
Burns High School FIC BAC (Text) 37733000016777 Fiction Available -
Burns High School FIC BAC (Text) 37733000019888 Fiction Available -
Cascade Locks Library YA FIC BACIGALUPI (Text) 33892100024810 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Dufur School Community Library FIC BAC (Text) 37021000007420 FICTION Available -
Gilliam County Library YA BACI (SHIP BREAKER #1) (Text) 37823000107534 Young Adult Available -
Hood River Valley High School Library FIC BAC (Text) 33892005230777 Fiction Available -
Hood River Valley High School Library PB FIC BAC (Text) 33892005235263 PAPERBACKS Available -
Hood River Valley High School Library PB FIC BAC (Text) 33892005250411 PAPERBACKS Available -
OTLD Boardman Library YA BAC (Text) 37818000094906 Young Adult Fiction Available -


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