JUST BREATHE

In a beautiful story about illness, family, friendship, and love, narrators Caitlin Kelly and Josh Hurley shine, and the authentic voices they create make the characters immediately relatable and incredibly likable. In many ways, David and Jamie are typical high school students--stressed about schoolwork, worried about friends, and trying to decide what comes next in their lives. However, David, a senior, has cystic fibrosis, and Jamie, a sophomore, struggles with depression. From alternating perspectives and in both present day and flashbacks, Kelly and Hurley effectively peel away the layers of David and Jamie's lives--revealing the health difficulties, past struggles, personal triumphs, and tragic losses that have shaped who they are and what they dare to hope for in the future. K.S.M. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine [Published: MARCH 2020]