Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

Wow!  Bacigalupi's first novel written for teens has won the Printz Award: ALA's best novel of the year for young adults and I can see why.  It keeps you turning the page and forgetting to reapply sunscreen.  Well worth the sunburn!

In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl.