Review: The Drowned Cities

Title: The Drowned Cities Series: Ship Breaker # 2 Genre: Young Adult-Dystopian Author: Paolo Bacigalupi Publisher: Little, Brown Books For Young Readers Release Date: May 1, 2012 Book: ARC sent by publisher “Soldier boys emerged from the darkness. Guns gleamed dully. Bullet bandoliers and scars draped their bare chests. Ugly brands scored their faces. She knew why these soldier boys had come. She knew what they sought, and she knew, too, that if they found it, her best friend would surely die. In a dark future America where violence, terror, and grief touch everyone, young refugees Mahlia and Mouse have managed to leave behind the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities by escaping into the jungle outskirts. But when they discover a wounded half-man–a...

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Review: Ship Breaker

Title: Ship BreakerSeries: Ship Breaker # 1Genre: Young Adult- DystopianAuthor: Paolo BacigalupiPublisher: Little, Browns Books For Young ReadersRelease Date: October 3, 2011Book: FC sent by publisher “Winner of the 2011 Michael L. Printz Award In America’s Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota–and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or 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...

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