Ship Breaker is action-packed. The author creates an edgy, deadly new post-apocalyptic world where the lowest of the low scavenge on the corpses of tankers in the Gulf of Mexico. Nailer is a great, against-the-odds hero. There's a bit of a Huck Finn parallel going on in his struggles with his father. More than a bit, actually. 
 Really a great book. Looking forward to book 2.