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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... Jason's a real know - it - all . And he's suspended from school again , isn't he ? I saw him sitting on the ceme- tery wall last night as we drove in . " " I saw him sneaking past Norah Prendergast , " said Ursa , confusing Ellis ...
... back along the branch . " Move on up ! " yelled a voice from below him . Ellis obligingly climbed one branch higher , making room for Jackie to burst through the leaves at his heels . " Jason ! What a surprise , " said Jackie 102.
... Jason . He made a comical face and held both hands in front of him , fore- fingers crossed . " Okay ? " he said , glancing at the oth- ers , who laughed and nodded . " Bug Winston , and he'll rip your face off , " said the younger girl ...