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Running Out of Time
Running Out of Time
Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix
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 si...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780689800849
ISBN-10: 0689800843
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 192
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Rating:
  • Currently 4.6/5 Stars.
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4.6 stars, based on 19 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster Children's Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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skywriter319 avatar reviewed Running Out of Time on + 784 more book reviews
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Haddix's first novel, and still one of my favorites of hers. Everything is just perfect in this book. The pitch-perfect narrator, on the fence between naïve childhood security and scary adolescence. The suspense that will keep you reading breathlessly until you find out what happens at the end. The world-building that makes you wonder if this couldn't be happening right next door. RUNNING OUT OF TIME is a beautiful blend of the speculative and the probable, and earns its title as one of the best speculative juvenile fiction novels out there today.
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Page-turner of a book that kids will love. Compelling, sci-fi type of story -- great even if you're not that interested in time-travel or history.
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Great beginning to a great series -- time travel and historical fiction in one!
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It tells the story of thirteen year old Jessie Keyser, who all her life has believed that she lives in the nineteenth century frontier village of Clifton, Indiana. When diphtheria starts claiming the lives of the village children, her mother tells her that it is not really 1840, as Jessie has been led to believe, but 1996. It appears that the village in which Jessie has grown up is actually a historical preserve, which its inhabitants are forbidden to leave. Jessie, however, is entrusted with a very important mission. She is to leave the preserve and seek help for their village in the outside world, avoiding capture by those who would seek to silence her in order to maintain the status quo and the secret that they are harboring in Clifton.
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This book is AWESOME. Haddix is my new favorite "tween" author! Anyone who likes some intrigue/a little sci-fi but NO scare or gore, it's PERFECT!
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reviewed Running Out of Time on + 3 more book reviews
Great book to read to the kids. they enjoyed it. and I did as well.
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Excellent!
crytal avatar reviewed Running Out of Time on + 155 more book reviews
This was a cute story. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I was younger and hadn't seen The Truman Show. The beginning of the book reminded me of the movie a little. It veered away very early on though. Overall, good story with a lot of history. I felt that the ending was very true to what life would be like if this had really happened.
jenlo avatar reviewed Running Out of Time on + 9 more book reviews
I loved this book! It is gripping and full of great twists. It was a fun easy read and I would highly recommend it to anyone!


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