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Napoli, Donna Jo

Breath

260 pp. | Atheneum | November, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-689-86174-5 $$16.95
(2) YA The spare title captures the suffocating atmosphere of medieval Germany ravaged by plague brought on by a rat infestation and illness brought on by a "killer fungus." Twelve-year-old Salz, an outsider in his family and the community, suffers at the center of this chaos. This intriguing tale might work even without the introduction of the Pied Piper, so compelling are the portraits of its protagonist and family and the horrific events that beset them.
Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2004

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