24 HoursMargaret K. McElderry Books, 2000 - 200 pagina's It is seventeen-year-old Ellis's first night at home after graduating from prep school. By chance he bumps into Jackie Cattle, whom he remembers from grade school. Jackie is a couple of years older than Ellis, a drifter, disreputable, yet with an odd charm and a disarming wit. For the next twenty-four hours, Ellis enters an extraordinary world on the fringe of society that he never knew existed. Jackie introduces him to life at the Land-of-Smiles, a dilapidated motel where nightly a strange collection of local characters gather to drink and talk. Two attractive sisters, Ursa and Leona, the elder studying to be a lawyer, live there. Leona loves and takes care of a baby whose mother stops in only once in a while. Then the baby disappears, and Ellis is thrust into a wild, sometimes almost violent search for the child. This is a stunning novel that grips the reader as it sweeps to its conclusion. Rich characterization, breathtaking action, and an ultimately heartwarming solution distinguish this latest triumph of Margaret Mahy. |
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... Ellis's arm with disinfectant , which reminded Ellis of what Leona had said about her own work . He pushed her out of his mind . " Do you know Ursa and Leona well ? " he asked rather awkwardly . " Well enough ! " said Phipps . His voice ...
... Ellis . He did not seem to recog- nize him . “ Who the fuck are you ? ” he cried , and then ex- claimed incredulously , " Ellis ? " His voice altered . " Ellis ! What's happened to you ? " He sounded distracted ... Ellis's bum- bling 173.
Margaret Mahy. Christo visibly relaxed at the sound of Ellis's bum- bling anxiety . He watched him get one knee onto ... Ellis knew he could have used his impe- tus to scrabble farther up the slope , but felt sure , in an instinctive way ...