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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... Pandora's an artist . She keeps saying so , so it must be true . " " You said you wanted to change your life , " Fox cried . " You kept on saying it ! And Pandora did a Num- ber One cut around the sides and a Number Two at the top ...
... Pandora herself , her right hand tucked coquettishly behind her head . Beside her loomed a vast painted version of Phipps , flourishing what looked like needles between his illus- trated fingers , while his gray ponytail blew out hori ...
... Pandora's artistry , perhaps . " It's only us . It's only us ! " Ursa was shouting some- where from the other branch . " Don't be scared ! " Ellis said awkwardly . " We only want to ask you something . " " Don't you be scared , man ...