: 13-year-old Jessie Keyser believes she lives in a frontier village in 1840 . When a diphtheria outbreak hits, her mother reveals it is actually 1996 .
: Scientists were secretly using the village as a human experiment to study immune systems without modern medicine. running_out_of_time
The most common reference for "long story" is Margaret Peterson Haddix’s 1995 novel. : 13-year-old Jessie Keyser believes she lives in
: Jessie must escape the "historical preserve" (a tourist attraction where residents are watched by hidden cameras) to find modern medicine. running_out_of_time
: After nearly 30 years, a follow-up titled Falling Out of Time was released in 2023.