Nailer, a teenager living on the Louisiana gulf coast in the distant future, lives in poverty and works as a ship breaker, a person who scavenges wrecked ships. He finds an abandoned ship filled with valuables, including a potentially valuable girl who may or may not be who she says she is. Will Nailer sell the girl for some quick cash or risk trying to help her get home? AR Points - IL: MG+ - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11 Honors: Printz Award Winner

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