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Breathe (Breathe #1)
Book Infoebook, 251 pages
Published October 2nd 2012 by Greenwillow Books
original title Breathe
ISBN 0062118714 (ISBN13: 9780062118714)
edition language English
series Breathe #1
characters Bea Whitcraft, Alina Moon, Silas Moon, Quinn Caffrey
literary awards Carnegie Medal in Literature Nominee (2014)
other editions (10)
Source:Kindle version borrowed from Public Library
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BOOK 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.
My Thoughts
Told in alternating points of view this tale starts out kind of slowly but do not give up as the action picks up once Alina crosses paths with Quinn and things really get interesting when he and Bea help Alina escape the Pod and they journey together to "The Grove" where they are to meet up with those who live outside the Pod.
Filled with scenes of violent action, gripping revelations and heartbreaking losses this is one of those reads that you either really enjoy or really hate. I fall somewhere in the middle after finishing the book but am glad that I had a chance to finally read it.
[Kindle version borrowed from Public Library]
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