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Running Out of Time
Children's fiction
Running Out of Time
Book 1 of the Out of Time series
184 pages · First published 1995
Jessie believes she lives in an Indiana frontier village in 1840 until a diphtheria outbreak forces her mother to reveal an astonishing secret: the year is actually 1996. Clifton is a reconstructed historical community whose residents have been kept isolated while outsiders observe them as part of a tourist attraction. Jessie must escape into the modern world and find help before sick children die for lack of medicine. Margaret Peterson Haddix’s middle-grade thriller combines historical living, conspiracy, culture shock, and a relentless race against time built around a child discovering that her entire understanding of reality was manufactured.
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Kidnapping/confinement through deception; threats and pursuit; poisoning/medical danger; adults lying to children about the outside world; fear of serious illness; child protagonist in sustained peril.
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Bush Tea with Honey
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- Glassware: Mug.
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Time Loop Negroni
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A crisp botanical pour suits a tense, twist-filled reading session.
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- 1 oz gin
- 1 oz sweet vermouth
- 1 oz Campari
- Ice
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- Stir all ingredients with ice until chilled. Strain over one large ice cube.
- Garnish: Orange peel.
- Glassware: Rocks glass.
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