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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... Number Nine or Number Six . He looked at the next door along . Number Ten ! So he had slept in Number Nine . This certainty , small though it was , gave Ellis the feeling that he was taking control of his life once more . Then a faint ...
... number and I'll call him back when I'm ready , " Ursa replied casually , for she was not the one taking the impact of that unpleasant voice . " She says to leave a number , " said Ellis apprehen- sively . " Does she ? Well , ask her if ...
... number ? " asked Leona . " What number ? " said the younger girl , mimicking her a little warily . " How do we know what number ? " " It's a blue house , " said the older girl , her face lighting up . " High fence , and that ! 105.