Summer Assignment Entry One

The two main characters in Ship Breaker are Nailer and Nia. The book also has other character that are important, such as Bapi, Prima, Tick-tock, Moon Girl, Sloth and Nailer’s farther. All of these people are part of the light-crew with Nailer at the beginning of the book before he meets Nia. They also help Nailer by saving his life at one point and help with the decisions he will make throughout the book. The story takes place in America’s Gulf Coast region where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts and salvage. Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring. One day after a horrific hurricane, Nailer discovers a clipper ship that is beached on the coast line with one survivor, Nia. 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 life. I am predicting that Nailer will rescue Nia, the ships lone survivor and try to help here anyway he can. But I am not sure that Nailer is doing all of this just for his sake since he is not aware of who she actually is.