Running Out of Time

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

ISBN 10: 061301670X ISBN 13: 9780613016704

Casa editrice: Turtleback Books, 1999

Riassunto

When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children. When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, thirteen-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1996 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children

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Believing herself to be a frontier child in 1840, Jessie is shocked when her mother reveals a secret--it's really 1996. After a diphtheria outbreak strikes the village children, Jessie must venture out into the modern world where she faces a wealth of confusing 20th century innovations and the sinister man who will stop at nothing to make sure the village residents remain locked in their 19th century world.

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• Editore: Turtleback Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 061301670X
• ISBN 13: 9780613016704
• Rilegatura: Rilegatura all'americana
• Numero di pagine: 192