About this title: This YA thriller was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Clifton is an 1840 pioneer village. The village doctor used to have special pills that would cure any illness. But those pills are all gone now, and Clifton is suffering from a diptheria epidemic. Mrs. Keyser, the midwife, tells her daughter, 13-year-old Jessie, a shocking truth about Clifton ...
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Red Fox
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780099402831ISBN:0099402831
Description: Fair. Paperback, larger format, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Red Fox
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780099402831ISBN:0099402831
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Definitions
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780099402831ISBN:0099402831
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Bodley Head
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780370326412ISBN:0370326415
Description: Very Good. 2000 Bodley Head hardcover in very good condition. Illustrated boards. Packed securely and posted promptly from our bookshop in Surrey, England. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780370326412ISBN:0370326415
Description: Good. No Jacket, Cover in Good Order. Book. 8vo-over 7"-9" tall. The children of Clifton are dying and Jessie's mother is desperate for medicine to save their lives, but it is 1840 and no such remedy exists. Except that it isn't 1840 at all, it is 1996, and the critical situation forces Jessie's mother to reveal an unbelievable secret. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780689812361ISBN:0689812361
Description: Poor. No Jacket. Previous Owenrs Name Inside Front Cover, Water Damage, Corners/Edges Worn, Tear On Spine, Spine Creased, Covers Creased, Text Appears Unmarked, Reading Copy ONLY. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children
Date Published: 1995-10-01
ISBN-13:9780689800849ISBN:0689800843
Description: Good. x-lib w/ markings, mylar dj over original scuffed, pgs clean & tight, lean to spine, earmarks, partly feels loose at top edge of spine HardbackShipped in bubble mailer. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780689812361ISBN:0689812361
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: DEFINITIONS
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780099402831ISBN:0099402831
Description: Paperback book in good condition at a sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: DEFINITIONS
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780099402831ISBN:0099402831
Description: Paperback book in good condition at a sensible price. Shipped from UK. Delivery is usually 2-3 working days from order by Royal Mail, International Delivery is by Airmail. read more
"I was really impressed with Margaret Haddix's first novel. If I'd read this as an editor, I would have been really excited to sign on this author. It's an inventive story. Jessie is an ordinary girl living in a small town in the 1840s--she thinks--when the town's children are struck with diptheria. This is when Jessie's mother, who serves as the midwife, tells Jessie that it is really 1996 and there is medicine available to help the children, but Jessie must sneak out of the town, past guards and barbed wire fences, to get help.
One Amazon reviewer called this book "Little House on the Prairie" meets "The Truman Show." A good description. And as crazy as it may sound, Haddix makes it believable and fascinating."
"I am somewhat ashamed to say that this is the first Margaret Peterson Haddix book I've read. It was a fast moving, fast read. Now, I have actually seen The Village (and I think M. Night should probably be sending some of the $$$ he made off that movie Ms. Haddix's way), and so I saw the twist coming from page 1...but since the twist was revealed on page, oh, 20? or so, that didn't ruin the book. And it had entirely different characters and a different plot, filled with nefarious schemes and evil-doers, which I think makes it a lot easier for a younger audience to relate to than would be possible in M. Night's version. Also, shockingly, Ms. Haddix managed to do it without any annoying self-insertion cameos, so that was good.
Oh, anyway. I really enoyed this book and would happily suggest it to any younger person in search of a thriller/suspense novel."
"Running out of time is about a girl named Jessie, who lives in the 1840's- or so she thinks! She is a believable character going about daily prairie life in Clifton, Indiana. When a deadly incurable disease strikes upon the village her mother revels that it is actually 1996 and that they are living in a tourist village, Jessie must get medicine from the outside world. Jessie is shocked that tourists have been watching her every move on cameras placed around Clifton. She reliazes that everything is not as it seems and she has to hurry before the sickness spreads in Clifton. This book offers a funny and touching insight as to what it would be like to be thrown in a world you only thought was real in your dreams. Jessie navigates cars, surveillance, and busy cities, all of which are new to her and ultimately learns the truth."
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