![]() ![]() 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. One night, she tells Jessie that it’s a diphtheria outbreak-a dangerous disease. Quarantine signs appear on the local homes. ![]() 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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