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      Breath

      by Donna Jo Napoli
      Published
      Nov 2003
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      272
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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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      General Fiction

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      Young Adult / Teens

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      Jun 2005 Atheneum ISBN13 9780689861772 ISBN10 068986177X
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      First Edition Nov 2003 Atheneum ISBN13 9780689861741 ISBN10 0689861745
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      Jun 2005 Turtleback Books ISBN13 9781417698097 ISBN10 1417698098
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      Aug 2005 Thorndike Press ISBN13 9780786274208 ISBN10 0786274204
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