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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 9 Up—The survivors of the Switch are sealed within a domed city, dependent on oxygen supplied by the government according to their social status. Chapters rotate narration among freedom-fighter Alina, privileged Quinn, and empathetic Bea. Quinn and Bea are friends, but he doesn't notice her the way she wants to be noticed. A planned camping trip in which Bea hopes to gain his affection goes awr...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2012
When rampant environmental carelessness results in a world with only four percent oxygen in the air, the people either live inside glass domes (where they pay for the air they breathe) or struggle to survive outside (tethered to oxygen tanks or gradually learning to adapt to much lower concentrations). Quinn has had it pretty...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
