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The Art of Not Breathing

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To uncover what really happened to her twin brother, one girl must dive into the freezing depths of the sea.


Since her twin brother, Eddie, drowned five years ago, sixteen-year-old Elsie Main has tried to remember what really happened that fateful day on the beach. One minute Eddie was there, and the next he was gone. Her father retreats into silence and her mother into tears, leaving Elsie alone with the gaps in her memory.


Seventeen-year-old Tay McKenzie is a cute and mysterious boy that Elsie meets in her favorite boathouse hangout. He is reckless and guarded, but he treats her like an ordinary girl instead of a tragedy.


When Tay introduces Elsie to the world of freediving, she vows to find the answers she seeks at the bottom of the sea. Deep in the freezing coastal waters, she searches the seabed for the memories she lost.

  • Grief and Loss: Haunted by the silence in her Fortrose home, Elsie struggles under the weight of an anniversary where her family ties white ribbons to a wooden cross at Chanonry Point.
  • First Love: Sharing cigarettes and whispered secrets on the boathouse floor, Elsie finds an unexpected refuge in Tay, even as his own troubled past threatens to pull them apart.
  • Sibling Dynamics: Her older brother Dillon pushes himself through brutal workouts while hiding his own unraveling, bound to Elsie by a childhood vow of silence neither of them can break.
  • Coming-of-Age: Between surviving cruel school bullies and testing her limits in the North Sea, Elsie learns that confronting the past takes far more courage than diving into the dark.
  • Formats

    • Kindle Book
    • OverDrive Read
    • EPUB ebook

    Languages

    • English

    Levels

    • ATOS Level:4.7
    • Lexile® Measure:680
    • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
    • Text Difficulty:3