Breathless

Authors: Withers, Pam
Topics: Teen Topics, Social Issues, Sports
Lexile: 610,
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
ISBN: 9781554695829,
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 58,
Synopsis: Beverly is in Hawaii, helping her uncle at his dive shop, learning how to dive and trying to lose weight and get a boyfriend. When Garth, an accomplished diver, shows an interest in her, Beverly is ecstatic, until it turns out Garth is only interested in one thing. Struggling with failing strength from her self-imposed starvation diet, Beverly finds herself in deep trouble when she has to fight Garth off underwater.
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