For my sophomore summer reading assignment,
I am reading the book Ship Breaker by
Paolo Bacigalupi. The core character in my book is Nailer. Nailer is part of a unit
of children who work under a strict boss to take metal and other supplies off
of boats that have sunk. Nailer is the finest in his group at retrieving things
from the boats. His group competes with other groups in order to acquire the
most money. They are required to do this because it is the only way they can
make money. However as they grow older they will not be allowed continue it
because they will be too big to fit in the crevices of the boat. I predict that
at some point in their search they will find something really valuable or
magical or something of the sorts. The other characters in the crew are Sloth,
who is Nailer’s best friend and Pima, who is really bossy. There is also Moon Girl, Tick-Tock and
Pearly who we don’t know a lot about yet. I am curious to know how these
characters will serve in specific roles. A remarkable detail of the book is Nailer’s
mom is dead and and the story of her death is sort of mysterious, and his dad
is very abusive, increasing the mystery. Also, it is emphasized that Nailer’s
past is unknown, so I predict we will learn more about that through the book.
His past reminds me of Harry Potter from the Harry Potter series. Both characters don’t know at least one parent;
live with some one now who doesn’t love them and it is a big mystery. The
pictures are of the Titanic, which is the most famous sunken ship and shows
some of the danger the characters may face.
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