Running Out of Time

by Margaret Peterson Haddix, Dan Craig (Illustrator), Margaret Peterson Haddix (Author/Contributor Not Applicable), Dan Craig (Illustrator)

Overview

Run For Your Life
Jessie lives with her family in the frontier village of Clifton, Indiana, in 1840 -- or so she believes. When diphtheria strikes the village and the children of Clifton start dying, Jessie's mother reveals a shocking secret -- it's actually 1996, and they are living in a reconstructed village that serves as a tourist site. In the world outside, medicine exists that can cure the dread disease, and Jessie's mother is sending her on a dangerous mission to bring back help.
But beyond the walls of Clifton, Jessie discovers a world even more alien and threatening than she could have imagined, and soon she finds her own life in jeopardy. Can she get help before the children of Clifton, and Jessie herself, run out of time?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780689812361
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	02/01/1997
Edition description:	Repackage
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	77,492
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	730L (what's this?)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Margaret Peterson Haddix is the author of many critically and popularly acclaimed YA and middle grade novels, including the Children of Exile series, The Missing series, the Under Their Skin series, and the Shadow Children series. A graduate of Miami University (of Ohio), she worked for several years as a reporter for The Indianapolis News. She also taught at the Danville (Illinois) Area Community College. She lives with her family in Columbus, Ohio. Visit her at HaddixBooks.com.

Editorial Reviews

Joan Lowery Nixon Running Out of Time is a highly imaginative, absolutely terrific first novel.

School Library Journal (starred review) Absorbing...gripping...convincing and compelling. Fans of time-travel or historical novels...will look forward to more stories from this intriguing new author.

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