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Drowned Cities

#2 Ship Breaker

Paolo Bacigalupi

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English
Orbit Books
24 April 2012
Series: Ship Breaker
In this exhilarating companion to Printz Award winner and National Book Award finalist SHIP BREAKER, Paolo Bacigalupi brilliantly captures a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, driven by demagogues who recruit children to become soulless killing machines.

Two refugees of these wars, Mahlia and Mouse, are known as 'war maggots': survivors who have barely managed to escape the unspeakable violence plaguing the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities. But their fragile safety is threatened when they discover a wounded half-man -a bioengineered war beast named Tool, who is hunted by a vengeful band of soldiers.

When tragedy strikes, Mahlia is faced with an impossible decision: risk everything to save the boy who once saved her, or flee to her own safety.

Drawing upon the brutal truths of current events, THE DROWNED CITIES is a powerful story of loyalty, survival and heart-pounding adventure.

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Imprint:   Orbit Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 128mm,  Spine: 29mm
Weight:   310g
ISBN:   9781907411113
ISBN 10:   1907411119
Series:   Ship Breaker
Pages:   336
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Recommended Age:   From 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  12+ years ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Paolo Bacigalupi's writing has been nominated for the Nebula and Hugo awards and his YA novel, SHIP BREAKER, was shortlisted for the National Book Award. He lives in Western Colorado with his wife and son.

Reviews for Drowned Cities (#2 Ship Breaker)

Beautifully written, filled with high-octane action, and featuring badly damaged but fascinating and endearing characters, this fine novel tops its predecessor and can only increase the author's already strong reputation. Publishers Weekly Suzanne Collins may have put dystopian literature on the map with The Hunger Games...but Bacigalupi is one of the genre's masters. The Los Angeles Times Bacigalupi writes with a furious energy that makes this brilliant depiction of an all-too-believable future impossible to forget. Booklist Breathtaking. Kirkus


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