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Breathe
- Author
- Sarah Crossan
- Narrator
- Izzy Meikle-Small
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 26 February 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 18 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
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'Mad Max for the eco-generation' - Love Reading 4 Kids
'The all-action plot and the hinted-at romantic triangle will keep the reader's interest to the end' - Irish Examiner
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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.
Years after the Switch, life inside the Pod has moved on. A poor Auxiliary class cannot afford the oxygen tax which supplies extra air for running, dancing and sports. The rich Premiums, by contrast, are healthy and strong. Anyone who opposes the regime is labelled a terrorist and ejected from the Pod to die.
Sixteen-year-old Alina is part of the secret resistance, but when a mission goes wrong she is forced to escape from the Pod. With only two days of oxygen in her tank, she too faces the terrifying prospect of death by suffocation. Her only hope is to find the mythical Grove, a small enclave of trees protected by a hardcore band of rebels. 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.
Critics Review
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Wow, wow, wow!! Breathe is absolutely amazing . . . This book starts with a bang and refuses to let you go. 5 out of 5 stars
stephlikesbooks.blogspot.co.uk
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This book raises several pertinent issues, but it is the adventure that drives Breathe
We Love This Book
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A pacy plot and characters who develop emotionally as the book progresses.
Daily Mail
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The all-action plot and the hinted-at romantic triangle will keep the reader's interest to the end
Irish Examiner
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Breathe is for all fans of future catastrophe and anyone interested in preserving the Earth's precious natural resources
The Bookbag
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Mad Max for the eco-generation it's a superalative dystopian thriller about courage and freedom, with a love story at its heart
Love Reading 4 Kids
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Details
- Author
- Sarah Crossan
- Narrator
- Izzy Meikle-Small
- Duration
- 8 hours 18 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 February 2026
- ISBN
- 9781037202308
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Speculative, dystopian and utopian fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Science fiction
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Breathe by Sarah Crossan, read by Izzy Meikle-Small_______________'Mad Max for the eco-generation' - Love Reading 4 Kids'The all-action plot and the hinted-at romantic triangle will keep the reader's interest to the end' - Irish Examiner_______________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.Years after the Switch, life inside the Pod has moved on. A poor Auxiliary class cannot afford the oxygen tax which supplies extra air for running, dancing and sports. The rich Premiums, by contrast, are healthy and strong. Anyone who opposes the regime is labelled a terrorist and ejected from the Pod to die.Sixteen-year-old Alina is part of the secret resistance, but when a mission goes wrong she is forced to escape from the Pod. With only two days of oxygen in her tank, she too faces the terrifying prospect of death by suffocation. Her only hope is to find the mythical Grove, a small enclave of trees protected by a hardcore band of rebels. 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.
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