May 01, 2010 an excellent book, aimed at young adults and so containing some violence and mildish swearing, ship breaker tells the tale of nailer, scratching a living in the gulf of mexico in a dystopian future of climate change and limited power and food. Ship breaker book chicago public library bibliocommons. This thrilling bestseller and national book award finalist is a gritty, highstakes adventure of a teenage boy faced with conflicting loyalties, set in a dark future america devastated by the forces of climate change. Bright sands beach is where nailer, his father, pima, and the others live and work. Set in the future, ship breaker takes place in a world that has been besieged by the impacts of climate change. But when, by luck or chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, nailer faces the most. Ship breaker the blood ties among families usually are strong. Rootless by chris howard wifilibrarian wifilibrarian.
Choose from 57 different sets of ship breaker flashcards on quizlet. Ship breaker by paolo bacigalupi, chapters 16 vocabulary. Paolo bacigalupis ya novel ship breaker is all sorts of awesome. No matter when you are there you can alsways find people doing this. At the same time, i believe the book is also a poor fit for its intended audience. Its located on the gulf coast, and is right next to the remains of a drowned city which is nicknamed the teeth. Ship breaker is a novel by paolo bacigalupi that was published in 2010. In a world ravaged by climate change, nailer is a teenage boy who salvages parts from old tankers. If anything, they present two separate views into the same world. The book is set on the gulf coast in america and imagines what life would be like after the seas have risen. Ship breaker is a 2010 young adult novel by paolo bacigalupi set in a postapocalyptic future. Rootless shares several themes and settings with ship breaker.
Bright sands beach is the main setting of the novel. Paolo bacigalupis 2010 novel ship breaker is the quintessential post. This detailed literature summary also contains quotes and a free quiz on ship breaker by paolo bacigalupi. Nailer is a kid who works on a light crew stripping salvage from the longabandoned oil tankers in the gulf of mexico. In americas gulf coast region, where grounded oil tankers are bein. Learn ship breaker with free interactive flashcards. Because hes small, hes able to access smaller places in the. Paolo bacigalupis ship breaker series athrillaweek. Final thoughts i enjoyed the book quite a bit and was astonished at how quickly i. An excellent book, aimed at young adults and so containing some violence and mildish swearing, ship breaker tells the tale of nailer, scratching a living in the gulf of mexico in a dystopian future of climate change and limited power and food. Ship breaker book central rappahannock regional library. Ship breaker book vancouver island regional library. Ship breaker is a printzaward winning book by paolo bacigalupi. Ship breaker may seem like a sea level or base camp book at firsthey, some action books arebut upon closer inspection, we realize its actually a bit of a hike.
Even if you dont believe in climate change, bacigalupis series is quite entertaining. Dark and foreboding yet never boring, the ship breaker series is an exciting read. The captain saw a ship breaker, tattooed with work stamps and scarred with hard labor. Not only are the main characters young adults on the brink of fullfledged adulthood, they also grapple with. This months read was the book ship breaker, by paolo bacigalupi. Set in a dark future devastated by climate change, tool of war is the third book in a major adventure series by a bestselling and awardwinning science fiction author and starring the most provocative character from the acclaimed novels ship breaker and the drowned cities. Related questions and answers for characters in ship breaker. Most of the people work as ship breakers, and recieve very little food and pay. Fandom apps take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. Set in a dystopian future, the story involves a teenager known as nailer who 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. This thrilling bestseller and national book award finalist is a gritty, highstakes. In a futuristic americas gulf coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, nailer works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota and hopefully live to see another day.
Both stories have teen male protagonists with family issues, and both stories are set in future worlds where the environment has collapsed due to human interference. The drowned cities is marketed for young adults, as was ship breaker, but bacigalupi once again pushes the boundary of that demographic to its absolute limitand maybe just a little bit beyond. It is where the salvage crews live and the salvage companies operate. Bacigalupis cast is ethnically and morally diverse, and the books message never overshadows the storytelling, actionpacked pacing, or intricate worldbuilding. New orleans i and new orleans ii are underwater and frequent intense storms. The first theme is that if you have smarts, luck and work hard you can achieve anything, even something that seems impossible. Discuss the importance of the setting to the events of the story. The trailer is made in conjunction with inls 530 at unc, chapel hill. It is where the salvage crews live and the salvage companies. Ship breaker s dystopian world not hard to imagine the scary part of this book is that the dystopian world is not that hard to imagine. However, i didnt adore this book in the way that i did the terry pratchett ya novels, or harry potter.
This study guide consists of approximately 25 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of ship breaker. The book takes place in the future after the seas have risen to the point of flooding coastal cities. What is the religion in paolo bacigalupis ship breaker. When paolo bacigalupis young adult novel ship breaker begins, nailer, a boy in his late teens, is helping to disassemble wrecked ships for sale to salvage companies. Ship breaker is no exception, it follows the same story line and has many of the same dystopian elements as other dystopian novels such as the hunger games or the maze runner. The book ship breaker by paolo bacigalupi have two main themes. Ship breaker is a 2010 young adult novel by paolo bacigalupi set in a post apocalyptic future. Lucky girl used to look at me the same way youre looking at me. Paolo bacigalupis 2010 novel ship breaker is the quintessential post apocalyptic scenario in which the merging of ethnicities and cultures in overpopulated. Ship breaker has none of the usual dystopian cliches after reading this book a few years ago, i gave it another go and discovered i still do love the tight plotting and fantastic worldbuilding. In reading ship breaker, its plain to see why so many people are high on bacigalupis writing. Ship breaker follows the story of nailer, an impoverished child laborer who lives in a world where oil has all but run out. When he discovers a survivor on a grounded ship, he must decide whether to do his job or to rescue her.
When paolo bacigalupis young adult novel ship breaker begins, nailer, a boy in his late teens, is helping. The language of the novel isnt too difficult, but the themes like how we define family and what it means to be human are nuanced and multifaceted. The setting on these two novels and their focus, though, is very different. Ship breaker by paolo bacigalupi overdrive rakuten. Its a thrilling, fastpaced adventure set in a vivid and raw, uncertain future. In americas gulf coast region, grounded oil tankers are being. Sadna opens the last chapter of the book by reminding nailer that killing always costs. Bacigalupi has drawn on all kinds of contemporary problems and followed them through to create a disturbing picture of life in the future.
The icecaps have melted and the coastal cities of the twentieth century. However, the reread highlighted the fact that, compared to bacigalupis adult works pretty much all of which i devoured after reading ship breaker, this book is a tad juvenile, middle grade almost, and it touches only the surface of the issues the author explores so well and so thoughtfully in his adult fiction. You may have heard of the companion book, the drowned cities. Bacigalupis standout talent is to immerse the reader, and in ship breaker we are taken to a dystopian future, post peak oil, where nailer and his crew scavenge for copper and other valuable stuff in the guts of wrecked ships washed up by the retreating tides of the accelerated age.
The drowned cities is arguably bacigalupis best novel to date, and without a doubt one of the best novels of the yearyou owe it to. A vocabulary list featuring ship breaker by paolo bacigalupi, chapters 16. See the complete ship breaker series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. Ship breaker by paolo bacigalupi is another book where the setting plays an integral role in the storytelling. Orleans ii, built further up the mississippi, is a reincarnation of new orleans. Through the novel ship breaker, he tries to depict an imaginary plot in order to attract adult readers. His another famous novel, ship breaker, was also recognized as the most read adult novel that earned him high recognitions such as micheal l. Ship breaker book king county library system bibliocommons. The second main theme is that blood relation doesnt family. Buy a cheap copy of ship breaker book by paolo bacigalupi. The story is often set in a post apocalyptic world with people living in a dehumanized state were the main protagonist tries to free them from the situation that they are in. Both ship breaker and the drowned cities could be read as standalones, but both books should be read before reading tool of war. With ship breaker, it felt like the author was just leaving so much unsaid, and character interactions felt unconvincing.
Even the minor characters are wellrounded, from the dispassionate murderess blue eyes. Mar 01, 2011 this is a booktrailer for paolo bacigalupis awardwinning young adult novel, ship breaker. Ship breaker north central regional library overdrive. Elaborate on this quote for characters such as nailer, sloth, richard lopez, sadna, lucky strike, and tool.
Ship breaker movie cast posted on march 8, 2015 by aimeking787 currently in my english class, we are reading the novel ship breaker, and are assignment is to cast three of the characters from the book if there was to be a future movie, based on there similar physical features and acting experience. Drowned cities is not a sequel or part of a clear series, but is set in the same world as shipbreaker. The polar ice caps have melted and new orleans is underwater. In americas flooded gulf coast region, oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer.
This third book in a major series by a bestselling science fiction author, printz award winner, and national book award finalist is the gripping story of the most provocative character from his acclaimed. The language of the novel isnt too difficult, but the themes like how we define family and what it means to. Book trailer created by gayle lawrence, who is a librarian in sand springs, ok summary. This book is a good jumping off point for a discussion of the worlds dependence on. Through the novel ship breaker, he tries to depict. The reader is plunged into a farfuture world, where the worstcase scenario of global warming, pollution, and diminished fossil fuels are a reality. Paolo bacigalupis 2010 novel ship breaker is the quintessential postapocalyptic scenario in which the merging of ethnicities and cultures in overpopulated. Ship breaker, 2011, 336 pages, paolo bacigalupi, 0748129383. Jan 02, 20 while the drowned cities may not achieve the complexity of bacigalupis debut novel the windup girl, and while it may not be as instantly absorbing as ship breaker, its nothing less than a stellar book. The drowned cities continues exploring this universe, though ive heard it is not a strict sequel to ship breaker. Nailer is part of a crew that breaks up tankers that are no longer in use. In a futuristic world, teenaged nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but. New orleans is located at the mouth of the mississippi in the southern united states. Human civilization is in decline for ecological reasons.
Jul 07, 2011 ship breaker is a gripping read, with an engaging protagonist, but it is the world building that is the real star. 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. Nailer and his crew work here taking aparte ships for money. Bright sands beach is pummeled by a storm so bad that it erases every trace of human presence on the shore. When paolo bacigalupis young adult novel ship breaker begins, nailer, a boy in his late teens, is helping to disassemble wrecked ships for sale to salvage.
The book, the first of three in a series by american science fiction author. At its core, the novel is an exploration of nailers discovery of the nature of the world around him and his ability to. It felt a little to me like the ya tropes were shoehorned into a story the author wanted to tell. A gritty, highstakes adventure set in a futuristic world where oil is scarce, but loyalty is scarcer. Ship breaker book hennepin county library bibliocommons. There are many huge cargo ships scattered across it with people climbing all over it like ants.
Most of the story takes place on bright sands beach, where nailer and pima live and work as ship breakers. Ship breaker book arapahoe libraries bibliocommons. Nailer works to break up ships left stranded in the new world and he inhabits a vividly imagined world. The ship breaker book series by paolo bacigalupi includes books ship breaker, the drowned cities, and tool of war. More than just painting a stunning if grim world, however, ship breaker is such a wonderful book because of its plotting and its characters. My year old son and i do nightly outloud reading and had read shipbreaker some time previously and loved it.
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