Age Range: Young Adult
This was a wonderful, fast-moving, science fiction novel. The entire book is action packed and you want to root for Nailer, the main character, the entire book. The book is set in the future, on the Gulf Coast. Cities like New Orleans have been destroyed by category 6 hurricanes. Many people are left to make their living by scavenging old oil tankers for any copper or parts they can find--they are ship breakers. Nailer works on the light crew and scavenges for copper. After a horrible hurricane, Nailer and Pima find a ship that has been destroyed. They think they have made a great scavenge, when they find Nita, a young-very rich girl that has survived the storm. Nailer decides to keep her alive. To escape Nailer's horrible father and his crew, they flee to Orleans by train hopping. Nita tries to make it back to her people and is on the constant look-out for her own ships. The ending is even more action-packed than the beginning of the book. I loved the way things turn out for Nailer and his real family.
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