Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix

When diphtheria breaks out and the children of Clifton begin dying, Jessie’s mother sends her out into the alien, threatening outside world to find help-and secure the medicine that can cure the dread disease.įalling Out of Time flashes forward to the next generation, when heroine Zola, who has a surprising connection to Jessie, discovers that she’s stuck in a fake utopian future-and that others who are relegated to a dark dystopian future are counting on her to help them escape. It is actually 1996, and their home is a reconstructed village that serves as a tourist site. In Running Out of Time, Jessie and her family live in the frontier town of Clifton, Ind., in 1840-or so the girl thinks. Tegen acquired the novel from Haddix’s agent, Tracey Adams at Adams Literary, who negotiated the deal for North American rights.įittingly, since more than two decades passed between the publication of the first book and its follow-up (which takes place 25 years after the original), time plays a pivotal role in the story arcs of both novels.

That will change in summer 2023, when HarperCollins’s Katherine Tegen Books releases a follow-up, Falling Out of Time. Yet despite its success, Haddix firmly stood her ground, and the novel remained a one-off. Published by Simon & Schuster in 1995, the middle-grade adventure settled onto bestseller lists and over the past 25+ years has sold almost one million copies.

OL548170W Page_number_confidence 90.31 Pages 198 Ppi 300 Republisher_date 20191205204004 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 979 Scandate 20191125033706 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780689838606 Sent_to_scribe Tts_version 3.When she finished writing her first book for children, Running Out of Time, Margaret Peterson Haddix deemed it a stand-alone novel. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 01:58:33 Boxid IA1705713 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix