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Ship Breaker

Paolo Bacigalupi (2010)

SubgenreYA Fantasy
Age groupYA 12-17
Content ratingPG-13
Pages326 (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age13
Goodreads4.50/5 (4)
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Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Class StruggleViolenceDeathChild HarmSurvival

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSurvivalSelf-DiscoveryRedemption ArcFriendship

Hero archetypes

Scavenger / Junk HunterWorking-Class HeroFish out of Water

Heroine archetypes

Rich Heroine

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Fish out of WaterClass DivideReluctant HeroFound FamilyComing of AgeMoral Dilemma

Themes

Class StruggleSurvivalLoyalty vs Self-InterestEnvironmental CollapseMoral ChoiceFound FamilyComing of Age

Synopsis

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.

Tags

DystopianPost-ApocalypticClimate FictionCli-FiScience Fiction