"The characters are layered and complex, and their almost unthinkable actions and choices seem totally credible.
In this powerful novel, Hugo and Nebula Award winning author Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a fast-paced adventure set in the vivid and raw, uncertain future of his companion novels The Drowned Cities and Tool of War. But when, by luck or by 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. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota-and hopefully live to see another day. Grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts by crews of young people. In America's flooded Gulf Coast region, oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer. Nailer is given work on the ship, and he is able to leave his horrible past life behind.This thrilling bestseller and National Book Award Finalist is a gritty, high-stakes adventure of a teenage boy faced with conflicting loyalties, set in a dark future America devastated by the forces of climate change. Nailer then goes to seek out a loyal Captain named Candless, and they rescue Nita. Nailer’s father, who aligns himself with Nita’s enemies, leads a mission to Orleans that captures Nita. Nailer and Tool, a friend of Pima’s mother, agree to take Nita to New Orleans to try to find one of her father’s loyal ships. Nita, fleeing her father’s enemies, is now seeking to get back to him. Nita is the daughter of one of the most powerful shipping magnates in the world, whose company has been torn apart by illegal doings. However, a teenage girl named Nita still survives.
Following a brutal storm, Nailer and Pima find a private clipper wrecked on the beach. Nailer’s best friend and workmate, Pima, and her mother, Sadna, act as refuges for Nailer. It is filled with hardships, including an alcoholic, drug-addicted father who dishes out regular beatings to Nailer. When Paolo Bacigalupi’s young adult novel “Ship Breaker” begins, Nailer, a boy in his late teens, is helping to disassemble wrecked ships for sale to salvage companies.
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