Falling Out of Time

By Margaret Peterson Haddix

Part of the Running Out of Time series

A mysterious note shatters Zola's perfect world, revealing hidden truths and a forgotten past.

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352 pages

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In 2193, Zola's life seems flawless with Insta-Closets and virtual adventures. But a cryptic note challenges her reality, leading her to a book about Jessie Keyser, a girl who escaped a hidden village. As Zola delves deeper, she questions everything she knows, including her own identity. What secrets lie beneath her utopian world, and how is she connected to Jessie? Uncovering the truth could change everything, but at what cost? This thrilling journey explores the boundaries of reality and the enduring power of love and truth.

From the publisher

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 in her Insta-Closet: 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 Story: How One Girl Escaped from Clifton Village. Zola wonders: 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.

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