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media type="custom" key="7959528""//Running out of time//" __By: Margaret Peterson Haddix__

Go back to the 1800's and see the danger and trouble one girl named Jessie faces when her world turns upside down. When she learns it is 1996, Jessie's mom sends her out of the little tourist site they live in named Clifton village to get help for the dying children. The book has a lot of amazing and suspenseful moments to look forward to. When I read the book "__Running Out Of Time__ by //Margaret Peterson Haddix's//" I want to put it down for a little but it grabs me in again and it makes me feel like I'm "Running Out Of Time." The books science topic is about diphtheria, climate and geography. The author's style is back and forth. Her book is like "__Number the Stars__ by //Lois Lowry"// The end of both books make the reader want to what happens next in the story!

There were somewhat a lot of characters in the book. The main character is __Jessi__e a 13 year old girl with good and bad parts about her. She is adventurous, helpful, sneaky, curious, brave, asks a lot of questions, worries a lot, and has an active personality. Her mother, father (ma and pa), and siblings are a big part too. Her __Mo__ __ther__ is a midwife, is helpful, and has courage. Her __ Father __ is a blacksmith, is a very happy person, and very busy. Jessie's siblings Hannah, Andrew, Katie, Nathan, and Bartholmew know nothing about the real world. __Hannah__ is the oldest girl in the family, but she is shy, scared of what is going to happen, and near the end of the book she takes a risk for Jessie. __Andrew__ is 11 year old boy two years younger than Jessie and blames Jessie for not geting help in time because his best friend died. __Katie__ helps everyone in her family and gets sick from diphtheria. Nathan and Bartholmew are the oldest boys in the family, only mentioned once in the beginning working in the farm with their father. __Mr. Smythe__ is the teacher in the Clifton village, he was mean to all the kids, but mostly to Jessie. He was mean to Jessie because he was protecting her and he didn't what the kids to die. __Clifton parents__ know it was 1996 not the 1800's, and tried to get medicine, but failed. __Clifton children__ The kids were dying of Diphtheria. Abby and Jefferson die before help came and the other kids were a little hopeless. __The Tourists__ thought that Jessie was one of them. Some were nice and some were mean. They were watching the village. __Clifton Guards__ weren't even after Jessie, but they were sneaky and confused. __Miles Of Clifton Man__ are hidden everywhere and were tricky and suspicious. __Mr. Neeley/ Frank Llye__ was sneaky, mean, evil and was going to kill Jessie. He was part of Miles Of Clifton and was really Frank Llye. The real Mr. Neeley died in a car crash two years ago.

The setting at Clifton is not big like what we have now. Clifton has a lot of buildings, shops, farms,and school, and hidden cameras in the trees. The real world is a rural area, flat gravel road, rivers, a lot of trees, and a lot of cars driving by. Jessie took a car ride with Mr.Neeley and she saw gas stations, the houses close together, people walking and more cars driving past.

medical care ||=  ||=   ||= have a little help ||   ||=   || have medical care || and animals ||=  ||=   ||= have plants and animals ||  ||=   ||= has a lot of plants and animals || dresses ||=  ||=   ||= wear dresses ||   ||=   ||= wear pants and dresses || knickers and shirt ||=  ||=   ||= wear shirt with something on their legs ||   ||=   ||= wear pants and a shirt || some mean ||=  ||=   ||= are nice and mean ||   ||=   ||= much are mean some nice ||
 * = **Clifton village** ||=  ||=   ||= **Same** ||   ||=   ||= **Real world** ||
 * = Small place ||=  ||=   ||= is one place ||   ||=   ||= Big place ||
 * = use horses ||=  ||=   ||= way of travel ||   ||=   ||= use cars ||
 * = don't have
 * = use horses ||=  ||=   ||= way of travel ||   ||=   ||= use cars ||
 * = don't have
 * = don't have
 * = has few plants
 * = has few plants
 * = have a few families ||=  ||=   ||= has people and families ||   ||=   ||= has a lot of people ||
 * = girls only wear
 * = girls only wear
 * = girls only wear
 * = boys wear high
 * = boys wear high
 * = much are nice
 * = much are nice

The plot is somewhat confusing. The kids are dying of Diphtheria and the kids didn't know it was 1996. They thought it was the 1800's. The Clifton people wouldn't give medicine to help the kids. So Jessie's mother, the Midwife sent her to get help. But, she gets more problems on the way. Getting out of Clifton was the easiest part, but finding a phone and getting away from people was a different story. Jessie gets help, but too late for some and just in time for others. The end may not be good or is it going have a hopeful ending? Read to find out...

You should read the book "__Running Out Of Time"__ By __Margaret Peterson Haddix__ because it makes you think of what is going to happen to the people she meets. It is like a big mystery of life or death. The book will grab you in and make you feel like the main character Jessie having the pressure.I thought the book started off slow, but the book had great detail and I loved the characters. Above all, I adored Jessie's little sister Katie!

I would recommend the book "__Running Out Of Time__//__"__// because it will get you thinking of what it was like in the 1800's to 1996. It takes you to different times because it is a tourist attraction meant for enjoyment. I bet the book will get your attention!!