Twelve-year-old Zola thinks she has the perfect life. Jessie is a brave, smart girl and undergoes a lot to accomplish her task.Return to the world of the bestselling Running Out of Time with this middle grade thriller from Margaret Peterson Haddix, where Zola discovers she's related to Jessie Keyser and her seemingly perfect utopian world is covering up a dark reality.
God's name is misused once, and characters curse the words are not actually written out, however.Īlthough the plot seemed a little dark and scary (with people killing children), like Haddix's Shadow Children series, this book was a fun read and had no dull moments. None, except for the part where the boys attack Jessie, and that is not sexual in tone. Some boys harass Jessie and one of them is drunk. Men have guns and almost shoot at the kids. Jessie slips and hits her head on a table. The book, however, is not necessarily meant to be Christian, but more Transcendentalist. Jessie prays several times to God (her village is religious), and whenever she does, God gives her help (either falling and not hurting herself, a hiding place, etc.). Guards watch out for any escapees and would kill Jessie if they caught her. Another man actually wants the village's children to die for his experiment. Miles Clifton, the builder of the village, refuses to give medicine to dying children. Jessie must find the cure to save the lives of her friends and family. Keyser tells Jessie that she must sneak out of the village, since the evil owner has broken his promise of modern medical care. However, when diphtheria strikes all the children around her, her mom tells her a shocking secret: her village is a historical tourist site, and the year is actually 1996. Jessie Keyser has always enjoyed growing up in her village in the year 1840. Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddixįast-paced read, and intense in a gripping way.
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