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Jessie lives with her family in the frontier village of Clifton, Indiana, in 1840 -- or so she believes. When diphtheria strikes the village and the children of Clifton start dying, Jessie's mother reveals a shocking secret -- it's actually 1996, and they are living in a reconstructed village that serves as a tourist site. In the world outside, medicine exists that can cure the dread disease, and Jessie's mother is sending 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?

Editions · 6

Paperback
2000 · Aladdin
192 pp · EN
9780689838606
Paperback
2002 · Aladdin
192 pp · EN
9780689852015
Hardback
2004 · Thorndike Press
253 pp · EN
9780786266685
Paperback
2005 · Aladdin
192 pp · EN
9781416905318
Hardback
2006 · Listening Library
184 pp · EN
9780307259691
Paperback
2023
240 pp · EN
9780063306585

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