Resist

Breathe, Book 2

Bloomsbury presents Resist by Sarah Crossan, read by Izzy Meikle-Small

‘Mad Max for the eco-generation, it’s a superlative dystopian thriller’ – Lovereading4kids

From Carnegie Medal winner Sarah Crossan comes the sequel to the brilliant and compelling Breathe.

Resistance to the Pod Leadership has come apart. The Grove has been destroyed but so has the Pod Minister. Quinn, Bea and Alina separately must embark on a perilous journey across the planet’s dead landscape in search of the rumoured resistance base Sequoia. The welcome they receive at Sequoia is not what they expect, and soon they are facing a situation that seems as threatening as that of the Pod inhabitants.

Meanwhile the former Pod Minister's son, Ronan, is beginning to have his doubts about the regime but as a member of an elite force he is sent out of the pod to hunt down the Grove's survivors. In a world in which the human race is adapting to survive with little air, the stakes are high. This action-packed sequel to Breathe is every bit as nail-biting and satisfying as its predecessor - visionary storytelling of the highest quality.

©2026 Sarah Crossan (P)2026 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc