Pub Date: April 4, 2023
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.49" H x 7.58" L x 5.18" W ( 0.35 lbs) 240 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Thrillers and Suspense | Action and Adventure | Survival Stories | Social Themes | New Experience | Historical | United States 19th Century | Health and Daily Living | Diseases Illnesses and Injuries | Science Fiction | Time Travel | Girls and Women | Family | Parents | Mysteries and Detective Stories | School and Education
Series: Running Out of Time
Description: "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"--
Brief description:
Margaret Peterson Haddix grew up on a farm in Ohio. She worked as a newspaper reporter and copy editor in Indiana before her first book, Running Out of Time, was published. She has since written more than fifty books for kids and teens, including the Greystone Secrets series, the Shadow Children series, the Missing series, the Mysteries of Trash and Treasure series, and many stand-alones. Her books have been honored with New York Times bestseller status, an Edgar Allan Poe award, and numerous state readers choice awards. Margaret and her husband, Doug, now live in Columbus, Ohio, where they raised their two kids. You can learn more about her at haddixbooks.com.