num_pages: 192
description: 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?
language: English
title: Running Out of Time
titlecomplete: Running Out of Time
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Mystery, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Dystopia
ratings_count: 26061
places: Indiana
series: Out of Time
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY)
category: Children's Audio  (Finalist), awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Grand Canyon Reader Award
category: Intermediate Book, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award
category: Grade 6-9, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Middle School/Junior High, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
category: YA
publisher: Definitions