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The Drowned Cities

Paolo Bacigalupi

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In this exhilarating companion to Printz Award winner and National Book Award finalist Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi brilliantly captures a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil wars, driven by demagogues who recruit children to become soulless killing machines.

Two refugees of these wars, Mahlia and Mouse, are known as 'war maggots': survivors who have barely managed to escape the unspeakable violence plaguing the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities. But their fragile safety is threatened when they discover a wounded half-man--a bioengineered war beast named Tool, who is hunted by a vengeful band of soldiers.

When tragedy strikes, Mahlia is faced with an impossible decision: risk everything to save the boy who once saved her, or flee to her own safety.

Drawing upon the brutal truths of current events, The Drowned Cities is a powerful story of loyalty, survival, and heart-pounding adventure.

GenresGeneral fiction (Children'sTeenage)JUVENILE FICTIONYOUNG ADULT FICTIONDystopias

336 pages, 18 editions

English edition · First published 2012 by Atom · ISBN 9780748129393

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Editions

18 editions

English

  • The drowned cities · Atom · 2012 · ISBN 9780748129393 · 1 reader This page
  • The Drowned Cities · Little, Brown · 2014 · ISBN 9780316202626
  • The Drowned Cities: [a Novel] · Little, Brown and Company · 2013 · ISBN 9780316251747
  • The Drowned Cities: [a Novel] · Little, Brown and Company · 2013 · ISBN 9780316056229
  • The Drowned Cities: [a Novel] · Little, Brown and Company · 2013 · ISBN 9780606317498
  • The Drowned Cities · Brilliance Audio · 2013 · ISBN 9781469282510
  • The Drowned Cities · Perfection Learning · 2013 · ISBN 9781680650143
  • The Drowned Cities · Brilliance Audio · 2013 · ISBN 9781469282527
  • The Drowned Cities · Brilliance Audio · 2012 · ISBN 9781455859986
  • The Drowned Cities · Atom · 2012 · ISBN 9781907411113
  • The Drowned Cities · Little, Brown · 2012 · ISBN 9780316056243
  • The Drowned Cities · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · 2012 · ISBN 9780316200370
  • The Drowned Cities · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 2012 · ISBN 9780316202619
  • The Drowned Cities · Subterranean Press · 2012 · ISBN 9781596065062
  • The Drowned Cities - Free Preview (The First 11 Chapters) · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · 2012 · ISBN 9780316222679
  • The Drowned Cities · Brilliance Audio · 2012 · ISBN 9781455857166
  • The Drowned Cities · Brilliance Audio · 2012 · ISBN 9781455858101
  • The Drowned Cities · Brilliance Audio · 2012 · ISBN 9781455859047

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