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Falling out of time

Return to the world of the bestselling Running Out of Time with this middle grade thriller from Margaret Peterson Haddix, where Zola discovers she's related to Jessie Keyser and her seemingly perfect utopian world is covering up a dark reality. Twelve-year-old Zola thinks she has the perfect life. S...

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Main Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2023]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Running out of time ; 2
Subjects:
Villages > Juvenile fiction.
Escapes > Juvenile fiction.
Dystopian fiction > Juvenile.
Thrillers (Fiction) > Juvenile.
Science fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:Return to the world of the bestselling Running Out of Time with this middle grade thriller from Margaret Peterson Haddix, where Zola discovers she's related to Jessie Keyser and her seemingly perfect utopian world is covering up a dark reality. Twelve-year-old Zola thinks she has the perfect life. She thinks everyone does, now that it's 2193, and humanity has solved all its problems. Insta-Closets deliver new clothes every morning, Insta-Ovens deliver gourmet meals on demand, and virtual reality goggles let her have any adventure she wants, with friends from all over the world. Then one day Zola finds a handwritten note. If you want to see things as they really are, come find me. What if Zola's wrong about everything-even the year? As she struggles to figure out who wrote the note, she discovers a printed book in her Insta-Closet called The Jessie Keyser How One Girl Escaped from Clifton Village. Zola Who is Jessie Keyser, and why does she look like her . . . and what else do they have in common? In this sequel to the classic novel Running Out of Time, Margaret Peterson Haddix has crafted a riveting page-turner that captures the terrors of a world where nothing seems real-but finding out who really loves you still matters.
Item Description:Sequel to: Running out of time / Margaret Peterson Haddix.
Physical Description:341 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 8-12.
Grades 4-6.
ISBN:9780063251618
0063251612
Author Notes:Margaret Peterson Haddix was born in Washington Court House, Ohio on April 9, 1964. She received bachelor's degrees in English/journalism, English/creative writing, and history from Miami University in 1986. Before becoming an author, she was a copy editor for The Journal-Gazette, a newspaper reporter for The Indianapolis News, an instructor at Danville Area Community College, and a freelance writer. Her first book, Running Out of Time, was published in 1995. She has written more than 30 books including Don't You Dare Read This, Mrs. Dunphrey, Just Ella, Turnabout, The Girl with 500 Middle Names, Because of Anya, and Into the Gauntlet. She also writes the Shadow Children series and the Missing series. She has won the International Reading Association Children's Book Award and several state Readers' Choice Awards.

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