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Book Review By Alex Bailey
Running Out of Time by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Jessie thought she lived in 1840 in Clifton, Indiana. Her mom was a nurse and her dad was a Blacksmith. But all the kids are dying from Diphtheria and it's really the year 1996 and she lives at a tourist site ran mad scientists who won't let them out or give them modern medical care. So her mom asks her to go out into the real world and get medicine for all the sick children in clifton.   


Plot & Themes
Tone of story - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
Time/era of story:
Medical Thriller Yes
Medical Plotlets:
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
descript. of violence and chases - 10 %
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 10 %
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20 %
How society works & physical descript. (people, objects, places) - 60 %

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 60's-90's
Ethnicity/Race

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - a teen
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - revenge
The antagonists are: - government bureaucracy
How sensitive is this character?
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Midwest
Prairie? Yes
City? Yes
City: - Chicago
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Writing Style
Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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