Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Ship Breaker

by Paolo Bacigalupi

Imagine a world where oil and gas are scarce. Imagine having to salvage copper wiring, aluminum, and other metals to make a buck. Now, imagine having to use children, small enough to fit in tight spaces, to crawl through old, rusty, abandoned ships to collect and salvage these precious metals. What happens when you get older and your body isn't as small as it used to be? What do you have to do make a better life for yourself. Maybe....... you don't want to know.

Nailer is a teenage boy who's job it is to scavenge through wrecked ship, but he's getting older, and bigger. What he needs is a lucky break. His dad is not someone you would look forward to seeing. His mother died doing what Nailer is doing now inside the ships. No brothers. No sisters. Luck isn't on his side.

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