# Out of Breath

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- Book: [Out of Breath](https://www.bookquiver.com/julie-myerson/out-of-breath) ([Out of Breath.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/julie-myerson/out-of-breath.md))
- Authors: [Julie Myerson](https://www.bookquiver.com/julie-myerson)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9951-616-3
- Pages: 304
- Published: 2009-03-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Flynn is a thirteen-year-old girl caught between her violent, out-of-control brother, Sam, and her mother, who is struggling to cope. And then, one impossibly hot night, a strange half-feral boy called Alex turns up at the bottom of Flynn's garden. Alex is one of three runaways; there's also Diana, who has just had a baby, and Mouse, who is only six and already an accomplished arsonist. With Flynn and Sam in tow, the rag tag group of children venture into the deserted countryside, pursued by a terrifying and unseen man. Deep in the woods, they stumble across an abandoned cottage which seems to offer refuge but soon begins to reveal its dark and terrifying secrets...