Short Bio:
Kimberly Gabriel started writing in fourth grade when she wrote, bound, and gave away books of terrible poetry to family and teachers as holiday gifts. Today she is an English teacher and the author of Every Stolen Breath (HarperCollins), a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection and the winner of International Literacy Association’s Children’s and Young Adult Book Award in Young Adult Fiction. When she isn’t teaching or writing, Kimberly can be found avoiding the large piles of laundry in her home and enjoying life with her husband and her three beautiful children in the northern suburbs of Chicago.
Every Stolen Breath Short Summary:
In downtown Chicago, teenagers have been attaching their victims in packs. It happened to Lia’s father; the Swarm emerged from a crowded street and descended on him, beating him to death. Determined to prove attacks are politically motivated and not the work of local gangs, Lia teams up with a teen hacker, a fame-hungry reporter, and the mysterious boy who might have been the cause of her dad’s murder. But by the time Lia realizes the deadly consequences behind her obsession, she’s already become the Swarm’s next target.
Every Stolen Breath Long Summary:
Two years after her father’s murder, Lia Finch is the only one left still pursuing his killers.
In downtown Chicago, teenagers have been attacking their victims in packs. Sharing the coordinates of their targets through social media, the swarm emerges from the crowd and descends on a single person, with each member landing a blow until the victim is dead. Local authorities dismiss it as gang violence they can’t control. But Lia is convinced these attacks are politically motivated and controlled by a syndicate of organized crime that thrives on power and intimidation. Desperate to prevent another death, Lia teams up with a teen hacker, a fame-hungry reporter, and the mysterious boy who might have been the cause of her father’s murder. But by the time Lia realizes the deadly consequences behind her obsession, she’s already become the swarm’s next target.
Inspired by the real-life “flash mob” violence that hit Chicago in 2011, Every Stolen Breath is a fast-paced, immersive thriller, which looks at just how hard one girl will fight back against the crowd knowing any breath might be her last.
Every Stolen Breath is a 2020 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection the winner of the International Literacy Association’s Children’s and Young Adult Book Award in Young Adult Fiction.
Publication:
Publisher: Blink/HarperCollins
Publishing Date: November 5, 2019
Editions: Hardback, Ebook, Audiobook
ISBN: 978-0310766667
Social Media URLs:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KT_Gabriel
