![]() ![]() Jessie will have to escape and survive a totally strange world, because she and her friends are all running out of time. But Jessie’s mother also reveals a shocking truth about the outside world, and what, where, and when Clifton is. Then Jessie’s mother tells her that only Jessie can help-by leaving Clifton. And if they don’t act soon, some of those sick children could die. Haddix has done an amazing job with this book, in my opinion. One night, she tells Jessie that it’s a diphtheria outbreak-a dangerous disease. Running Out of Time is an amazing book that has a plethora of adventure, suspense, and irony. She graduated from Miami University (of Ohio) with degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing and history. Quarantine signs appear on the local homes. Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm near Washington Court House, Ohio. Especially the other kids in Jessie’s one-room schoolhouse. ![]() And lately, more and more people have been falling ill. Her father is a blacksmith and her mother cares for her and her siblings-though, at night, Jessie’s mother also secretly tends anyone who gets sick in their village. Jessie Keyser lives with her family in a small log cabin. Return to the classic middle grade time-bending thriller Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix, almost thirty years following its first publication, with this stunning repackage.Ĭlifton, Indiana, 1840. ![]()
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