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 found he was not quite sure how to talk to him . “ Oh , well , see you around ! " he said , knowing al- ready that Jackie was not going to let him walk away . And sure enough , Jackie's grip on his arm tightened a little . " No ...
Margaret Mahy. lot of stuff for parties , didn't they ? ” Ellis found he had assumed , yet again , that , in spite of his unexpected ac- cent , Jackie was a man without culture . " I mean , it's so beautiful , " Jackie added . " But , by ...
... Ellis found the phone , which was squatting on the floor almost between his feet . A long , gray cord snaked across the room to a phone jack low in the wall beside the door that led , Ellis remembered , to the reception area . Bending ...