Bibliograph

Running out of time, Margaret Peterson Haddix

Type

Label

Running out of time, Margaret Peterson Haddix

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 8-12

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Running out of time

Responsibility statement

Margaret Peterson Haddix

Series statement

Running out of time, 1

Summary

Clifton, Indiana, 1840. Jessie Keyser lives with her family in a small log cabin. Her father is a blacksmith and her mother cares for her and her siblings -- though, at night, Jessie's mother also secretly tends to everyone who gets sick in their village. One night, she tells Jessie that there's a diphtheria outbreak -- a dangerous disease. And if they don't act soon, some of those sick children could die. Then Jessie's mother tells her that only Jessie can help -- by leaving Clifton. But Jessie's mother also reveals a shocking truth about the outside world, and what, where, and when Clifton is. Jessie will have to escape and survive a totally strange world, because she and her friends are all running out of time

Target audience

pre adolescent

Creator