In a barren future world, the company known as Breathe has saved humanity by manufacturing glass domes and oxygen rich air. Outside the domes there is nothing, not even oxygen. Three teens--Alina, a thief; Quinn, a teen looking for romance with the girl of his dreams, the description of which fits Alina; and Bea, the girl who had hoped Quinn would notice her--take a journey into the Outlands, with enough oxygen for two days. What they find out there...

Twelve-year-old Kasienka and her mother have immigrated to Coventry, England from Poland, searching for Kasienka's father, but everyone is unfriendly except for an African neighbor and a boy Kasienka meets at the swimming pool, which is her only refuge from an alien society.

"Ana Kelly can deal with death. As an estate lawyer, an unfortunate part of her day-to-day is phone calls from the next of kin informing her that one of her clients has died. But nothing could have prepared Ana for the call from Rebecca Taylor, explaining in a strangely calm tone that her husband Connor was killed in an accident. Ana had been having an affair with Connor for three years, keeping their love secret in hotel rooms, weekends away, and...

In a barren land, a shimmering glass dome houses the survivors of the Switch, the period when oxygen levels plunged and the green world withered. A state lottery meant a lucky few won safety, while the rest suffocated in the thin air. And now Alina, Quinn, and Bea--an unlikely trio, each with their own agendas, their own longings and fears--walk straight into the heart of danger. With two days' worth of oxygen in their tanks, they leave the dome....

While serving a community service sentence for young offenders, a Romanian immigrant boy and a troubled British girl fall in love.