Product Description <br/>FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. In a dark future America that has devolved into unending civil war, orphans Mahlia and Mouse barely escape the war-torn lands of the Drowned Cities, but their fragile safety is soon threatened and Mahlia will have to risk everything if she is to save Mouse, as he once saved her. A companion to the Printz Award winner and National Book Award finalist Ship Breaker.<br/> Review <br/>"Suzanne Collins may have put dystopian literature on the YA map with 'The Hunger Games'... but Bacigalupi is one of the genre's masters, employing inventively terrifying details in equally imaginative story lines."-- "Los Angeles Times"<br/><br/>* "Beautifully written, filled with high-octane action, and featuring badly damaged but fascinating and endearing characters, this fine novel tops its predecessor and can only increase the author's already strong reputation."-- "Publishers Weekly", starred review<br/><br/>* "Bacigalupi's intense, action-filled novel is a heartbreaking and powerfully moving portrait of individual resiliency amidst extreme circumstances that rivals, if not surpasses, the excellence of its predecessor."-- "The Horn Book", starred review<br/><br/>* "Bacigalupi writes with a furious energy that makes this brilliant depiction of an all-too-believable future impossible to forget. A story that will resonate beyond its final page."-- "Booklist", starred review<br/><br/>"A new Paolo Bacigalupi novel is reason to celebrate--no matter how old you are."--The Associated Press<br/><br/>* "The novel's greatest success lies in the creation of a world that is so real, the grit and decay of war and ruin will lay thick on the minds of readers long after the final page. The narrative, however, is equally well crafted.... Breathtaking."-- "Kirkus Reviews", starred review<br/><br/>"A compelling read, this engaging book does not glorify war and violence, but shows its true nature."-- "School Library Journal"<br/><br/>* "Bacigalupi brings to life a post-apocalyptic America that thrills the mind."-- "VOYA", starred review<br/><br/>A "Kirkus Reviews" 2012 Best of YA BookA Junior Library Guild Selection<br/><br/>A "Kirkus Reviews" 2012 Best of YA BookA "VOYA" 2012 Perfect Ten Book<br/>A Junior Library Guild Selection<br/><br/>A 2012 "Kirkus Reviews" Best of YA BookA 2012 "VOYA" Perfect Ten BookA 2012 "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize FinalistA 2012 Los Angeles Public Library Best Teen BookA 2013 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults BookA 2013 Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens Book<br/>A Junior Library Guild Selection<br/> About the Author <br/>Paolo Bacigalupi is the author of the highly acclaimed "The Drowned Cities," ""as well as his debut young adult novel, "Ship Breaker," which was a Michael L. Printz Award winner, a National Book Award Finalist, and a Locus Award winner. His debut adult novel, "The Windup Girl," was named by "Time Magazine" as one of the ten best novels of 2009 and won the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, Compton Crook, and John W. Campbell Memorial Awards. His short-story collection, "Pump Six and Other Stories," was a 2008 Locus Award winner for Best Collection and was also named one of the Best Books of the Year by "Publishers Weekly." He lives with his wife and son in western Colorado.