Running Out of Time

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Summary: Perfect balance of wonder and harshness
Review: We listened to the story on audio -- which changes our experience of the story. For us, the development of the two worlds, frontier and modern, are well described. And there is a comfortable balance between the cynicism and deceit of some people and the wonder and displacement the heroine faces. Why do teenagers speak without respect to their elders? Why does fried chicken cost a months' savings? And Haddix does indeed describe some real emotional challenges faced by people who have to move from a life of trust to one of critical harshness.

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Summary: great concept, disappointing delivery
Review: This book has a fascinating concept- growing up in a 'heritage' village believing that it is really 1840. But the concept is never really developed- we only see a juxtaposition of the two worlds in one brief scene, and the adjustments required of the heroine are rather perfunctory. The story quickly becomes a pretty scary chase story where there are no safe places and all the adults- even the few well meaning ones- ending up being frightening or intimidating to the children; the bad guys are very wicked indeed, with explicit Nazi 'better race' overtones. The rationale for their wickedness is lame at best. Even the end is dispatched too quickly, with no tying together of past and present or what this all means to the parents, the children, or the family as a group. Very disappointing.

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Summary: A REALLY great book!
Review: This was a really great book!It really makes you wonder if you're beeing watched! It would be awesome to act as the main character if they ever did a movie on this book! It's hard to put down! Anyone who loves reading shoul read this book!

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Summary: Great read for young and old
Review: I read this book with my seven-year-old daughter. She absolutely loved it. And long before the finish I was hooked, too. The book takes a clever concept and weaves a terrific adventure story. Jessie, the main character, is well-drawn, and her way of looking at the modern world is thought provoking and whimsical. I hope Margaret Peterson Haddix will write more.

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Summary: Original work with unsatisfactory ending
Review: A fresh and exciting outlook, both on history and on our present environment, but I found the ending not very informative and fizzling.

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Summary: This is my favorite book.It'll be yours too.
Review: I'm usually very picky about what book is my favorite. But this easily was #1 on the list of my favorite books. I loved seeing how hard it was for Jessie to adjust to things in the 90's. If you're looking for a wonderful summer book, this is it!

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Summary: A must read!
Review: This book is a really good read, you won't want to put it down. True, the resoloution of the story happened a bit fast but that doesn't distract from the story. Entertaining as well as thought provoking without being dry. Although the main character is a girl, it is great for girls and boys, 9 years and up.

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Summary: Running Out of Time was a excellent book, and very thrilling
Review: It was a very well-written book. It was so thrilling that it was hard to put it down. And I'm not someone, who loves reading. I really don't enjoy it at all. But this book inspired me to read more. I definitly recommend it if you're looking for an edge-of-your-seat thriller.

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Summary: if u r intrested in past things read this!!!!!!
Review: This book was about a girl who was raised in 1840 but it was really 1996 in her home town they were having a problem with a sickness called dipthteria now the man who said that jessi and the rest of the town who were sick would be treated with modern medicine but he is treating them with no medicine. Jessi's mom said that they were not really in 1840's but in 1996 so it is jessi's job to get the medicine from the outside world can she do it find out by reading this book and how jessi struggles to save her friends and most of all her sister and the town.

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Summary: Very thought provoking
Review: I really enjoyed Running out of Time because it really made me think about the things that we take for granted in this generation. It really makes you think about what it would be like to be in that kind of a world then jump to the future 100 years! Running out of Time is a thoughtfully woven story that includes love, deception, and realazation of the life "outside".