Title: The Art of Not Breathing
Author: Sarah Alexander
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: April 26, 2016
Source: HMH Books for Young Readers for Review
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. Misunderstood at home and at school, Elsie retreats to her favorite hideout, and abandoned boathouse, where she meets Tay McKenzie, a charismatic and mysterious boy who attends, as he calls it, "the school of life." Tay and his friends are freedivers, and Elsie convinces him to teach her the sport. There, in the depths of the North Sea, Elsie uncovers memories of the day Eddie disappeared.
Funny, yet heartbreaking, Sarah Alexander's debut is about love, guilt, and the ties that bind.
