AdventureMiddle Grade
Running Out of Time (Out of Time #1)
1995·184 pages
A girl from a simulated frontier village ventures into the modern world to fetch help during a diphtheria outbreak.
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A girl from a simulated frontier village ventures into the modern world to fetch help during a diphtheria outbreak.
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Jessie lives with her family in the frontier village of Clifton, Indiana. When diphtheria strikes the village and the children of Clifton start dying, Jessie's mother sends her on a dangerous mission to bring back help. But beyond the walls of Clifton, Jessie discovers a world even more alien and threatening than she could have imagined, and soon she finds her own life in jeopardy. Can she get help before the children of Clifton, and Jessie herself, run out of time?
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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No romantic or sexual content depicted
Violence & gore
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Children die from diphtheria; protagonist faces danger escaping
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No profanity or strong language
Substance use
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No substance use depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes
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No religious themes present
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft
Occult / demonology
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No occult content
Political content
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Story involves a simulated historical community
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide
Abuse & suffering
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Illness causes child deaths; deception creates peril
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