Breathe: 1 - Hardcover

Crossan, Sarah

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062118692 ISBN 13: 9780062118691

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2012

Synopsis

The world has no air. If you want to survive, you pay to breathe. But what if you can't? And what if you think everything could be different? Three teens will leave everything they know behind in Sarah Crossan's gripping and original dystopian teen novel of danger, longing, and glimmering hope that will appeal to fans of Patrick Ness and Veronica Roth.

National Book Award Finalist Kathleen Duey called Breathe "An amazing story! Sit down. Inhale. Now, while you still can." Ever since the Switch, when the oxygen levels plummeted and most of humanity died, the survivors have been protected in glass domes full of manufactured air. Protected . . . or trapped? Or controlled? Alina's a revolutionary who believes we can save the environment. 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 the three cross paths, they will change everything. Sarah Crossan's thrilling and provocative novel is about passion, about yearning for something better, and about breaking free for the very first time. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books proclaims it an "action-packed dystopian series opener to watch out for."

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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: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062118692
• ISBN 13: 9780062118691
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384