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Book Review of Running Out of Time

Running Out of Time
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Jessie lives with her family in the frontier village of Clifton, Indiana. When diphtheria strikes the village and the children of Clifton start dying, Jessie's mother sends 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?

This book was copyrighted in 1995. It is freakishly similar to the movie "The Village." I wonder where M. Night got the idea for the movie.