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Episode 57: Running Out of Time

Episode 57: Running Out of Time

FromThe SSR Podcast


Episode 57: Running Out of Time

FromThe SSR Podcast

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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
Aug 6, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Alli’s called a lot of SSR books her favorite… and this one is no exception! On Episode 57, she’s joined by writer and debut author Rebecca Fishbein to discuss Margaret Peterson Haddix’s 1995 thriller Running Out of Time, in which we meet a thirteen-year-old who thinks she lives in 1840s Indiana but is actually part of a weird tourist attraction plopped right in the middle of 1996. It’s up to her to escape to the modern world and save her loved ones from diphtheria — no pressure. Tune in to this episode to hear Alli and Rebecca chat about their shared love of Colonial Williamsburg, the lack of adventure books geared toward young girls, accusations that the movie The Village was plagiarized from the book, and some plot points that didn’t hold up so well on the reread. They also consider whether or not the premise of Running Out of Time would be as shocking to kids in 2019 as it was to them in the nineties. Follow Rebecca on Twitter (@bfishfish) and check out her forthcoming book of essays Good Things Happen to People You Hate, out in October 2019.
Released:
Aug 6, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Each week, freelance writer and lifelong bookworm Alli Hoff Kosik will challenge a guest to reread a literary throwback or to experience for the first time ever a book they may have missed as a kid. After that, they'll be asked to spill all the feels and all the opinions about that book on the air for your podcast-listening pleasure. Every Tuesday, you can find us breaking down an old school read from our tween and teen days on a new episode of the show. We'll cover everything from The Baby-Sitters Club to Holes, Nancy Drew to Harry Potter. This time around, we're a little wiser (yay!), a lot older (ugh.), and of legal age to drink wine... so we'll have a lot to say. Happy Reading!