Summer Reading Entry 4

      I chose to read Ship Breaker just because of how interesting it looked and how many reviewers recommended reading it. I usually like to read books that are set in dystopian societies because they are different from many of the other books and could be set in something that you might not be familiar with. Like what if the ice caps melted? Or if it was a different story, what if it was set in a nuclear war? I’ve read many novels in the past whether you were required to read them or just chose to. They’re something I’d prefer to read. I don’t really like to read that many love stories if there are any on the list because many can have the same ending.

      I’d recommend this book to young adults or adults because it contains a plot that younger people might not understand like why the polar caps might melt and why specific things in the book would happen. For example, why would they form scavenging crews and why do they call it scavenging crews? Personally, I thought the book was good. It had a good setting, they weren’t always on the oil rig/ship scavenging, they would walk and talk about what life used to be and background on certain characters. It’s not a book where you reach boring parts and would want to stop reading, it would make you want to read more.

Summer Reading Entry 3

       During this section of Ship Breaker, a storm known as ‘Orleans Surge’ is happening and going to flood the hut that they are staying at. During this time, because of the way Nailer’s father is, there’s so much drugs in his system from last night that he can’t move. So now Nailer has the difficult task to move his father to higher ground before their hut becomes flooded. Nailer was never able to see his dad get up to the rock shelter that Sadna, Pima’s mother recommended. You only get to read that Pima and Nailer safely made it up. You never knew if Sadna and Nailer’s father made it.

                

      This section of the book might hook readers because this section is not really about whether they can survive the storm, but shows how different Nailer and his father are and how their differences will get in the way and possibly get them killed. Leading up to this point in the book, his father’s aggressiveness has already got in the way and has caused trouble. He already kind of mad at Nailer for bringing Nina to them and maybe to relieve himself and remind himself of what life used to be before he joined a scavenging crew and everything was normal. Whether he lived or died is for readers to read.