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The Alchemist

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by Paolo Bacigalupi (Goodreads Author)

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Is this a Young Adult book? Or adult? I read the Windup Girl and enjoyed it, however I've heard that his YA novels are not as good.
C.J. Mugleston I heard the same thing, so I read The Windup Girl first thinking it'd be the best. It is an awesome book but Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities are e…moreI heard the same thing, so I read The Windup Girl first thinking it'd be the best. It is an awesome book but Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities are exquisite. Just not quite as sexual or violent because they're YA.(less)
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