Quinn is a Premium, the privileged son of one of Breathe’s top executives who rarely thinks to question the regime that oppresses his best friend, Bea. When the mission goes wrong and her partner killed, she has no choice but to escape the Pod and join the Resistance in the Outlands. A Zone Three Auxillary class citizen of Breathe, her parents are missing, presumably murdered for their efforts to undermine Breathe, and Alina has taken up the cause. Alina’s bitter cynicism contrasts with her naive idealism, she is not the most likeable character but her earnest belief in the cause is admirable. Alina, Bea and Quinn have known no other way of life but they are about to learn the breathtaking secret Breathe is desperate to hide.īreathe is told from multiple points of view and begins with Alina in the midst of a daring raid on the Pod’s conservation area. Within the dome oxygen consumption is heavily taxed by the Breathe corporation, allowing the wealthy members of the dystopian society, the Premiums, the opportunity to live a near normal life while the Auxillary’s are unable to afford to engage in even the simplest of activities that would increase their monitored respiration rate. In Sarah Crossan’s new YA novel, Breathe, what is left of the world’s population has been forced to live within Pod’s to survive after the destruction of all vegetation resulted in the oxygen levels dropping so low as to be unable to sustain life. Does it even exist, and if so, what or who are they protecting the trees from? A dystopian thriller about courage and freedom, with a love story at its heart Her only hope is to find the mythical Grove, a small enclave of trees protected by a hardcore band of rebels. With only two days of oxygen in her tank, she too faces the terrifying prospect of death by suffocation. Sixteen-year-old Alina is part of the secret resistance, but when a mission goes wrong she is forced to escape from the Pod. Anyone who opposes the regime is labelled a terrorist and ejected from the Pod to die. The rich Premiums, by contrast, are healthy and strong. A poor Auxiliary class cannot afford the oxygen tax which supplies extra air for running, dancing and sports. Years after the Switch, life inside the Pod has moved on. Synopsis: When oxygen levels plunge in a treeless world, a state lottery decides which lucky few will live inside the Pod.

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