Book #11 in 2014
Running Out Of Time
by Margaret Peterson Haddix
"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?"
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?"
April 16th - 1 day - 184 pages
Notes:
I've been wanting to read this again for a long time. We read it when I was a kid and it was one of those books that stuck with me like Gathering Blue.
