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Bacigalupi is a highly acclaimed adult scifi writer, and ship breaker won last years prestigious printz award for youngadult fiction in the us. He is a hugo and nebula award winner, and a national book award finalist. In a futuristic world, teenaged nailer scavenges copper wiring from g. 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. Campbell, compton crook, theodore sturgeon, and michael l. Ship breaker, paolo bacigalupis second novel and his first for young adults, is, in a word, incredible. The protagonist of this postapocalyptic tale is nailer, a teenager who must eke out a. 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 novels ship breaker and the drowned cities. Drowned cities is not a sequel or part of a clear series, but is set in the same world as shipbreaker. Paolo bacigalupi s ship breaker is a science fiction story written for a young adult audience. Dark and foreboding yet never boring, the ship breaker series is an exciting read.
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