Breathe: 1 - Softcover

Crossan, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062118706 ISBN 13: 9780062118707

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2013

Synopsis

The world has no air.

Ever since the Switch, when the oxygen levels plummeted and most of humanity died, the survivors have been protected in a glass dome full of manufactured air. If you want to live, you pay to breathe. But what if you can't pay? And what if you think everything could be different? Alina's a revolutionary who believes the Resistance can save the environment, can break free, and she's on her first mission. Quinn's a Premium who's never had to worry about having enough air. His best friend, Bea, is an Auxiliary who's never worried about anything but having enough air. When all three cross paths and walk into the Outlands with two days' worth of oxygen in their tanks, everything they believe will be shattered.

About this title

Review:

"An amazing story! Sit down. Inhale. Now, while you still can."--Kathleen Duey, author of National Book Award finalist Skin Hunger

"This joins the ranks of Roth's Divergent and Wells' Partials as a provocative, character-driven, and action-packed dystopian series opener to watch out for."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"Short cliff-hanger chapters alternate between the three teens' points of view and build to an ending that will leave fans breathless for the next one."--ALA Booklist

"Sci-fi fans with an environmental bent will find this book particularly engaging."--Horn Book Magazine

Book Description:

When oxygen levels plunge in a treeless world, a state lottery decides which lucky few will live inside the Pod. Everyone else will slowly suffocate.

Be left breathless by this gripping, zeitgeist dystopian thriller

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062118706
• ISBN 13: 9780062118707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400