Breath

Fiction - YA, Historical, Kids, Teen, Myths and Legends, Fantasy
Cover of the book Breath by Donna Jo Napoli, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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Author: Donna Jo Napoli ISBN: 9781439132227
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Publication: May 11, 2010
Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers Language: English
Author: Donna Jo Napoli
ISBN: 9781439132227
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication: May 11, 2010
Imprint: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English

Salz is a boy afflicted with cystic fibrosis -- though in the Middle Ages in Saxony no one can identify it as such. Instead he is an outcast, living with his unfeeling father and superstitious brothers in a hovel outside Hameln. His grandmother has kept Salz alive by having him avoid the mead and beer commonly drunk by all and by teaching him how to clear his lungs.
When the townsfolk of Hameln are affected by a mold that grows on the hops -- poisoning their mead and beer -- Salz is one of the few who are unaffected. The mold's effect is hallucinogenic, and soon Hameln is in the grips of a plague of madness, followed by a plague of rats. It is only Salz who can proclaim the truth -- although it might cost him his life.

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Salz is a boy afflicted with cystic fibrosis -- though in the Middle Ages in Saxony no one can identify it as such. Instead he is an outcast, living with his unfeeling father and superstitious brothers in a hovel outside Hameln. His grandmother has kept Salz alive by having him avoid the mead and beer commonly drunk by all and by teaching him how to clear his lungs.
When the townsfolk of Hameln are affected by a mold that grows on the hops -- poisoning their mead and beer -- Salz is one of the few who are unaffected. The mold's effect is hallucinogenic, and soon Hameln is in the grips of a plague of madness, followed by a plague of rats. It is only Salz who can proclaim the truth -- although it might cost him his life.

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