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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... Rollerblades , Jackie was staring down at Ellis with friendly interest , but Ellis could easily see that something indefinable was going on behind those beaming blue eyes . . . some sort of guess was being made . He knew he was being ...
... Rollerblades and- " " Okay ! Skate , mate ! " she said . " Because if you don't get out , I will . " " Yeah , but maybe you've made some arrangement with Chris - oh , sorry ! I should have said ' Christ ' since that's who he thinks he ...
... Rollerblades out after Jackie . “ Drive ! " said Ursa . “ Please , " she added . " What did he say that was so bad ? " Ellis asked . " Oh , it's a long story , " Ursa replied . " He's sorry now , but that's not enough . I want him to ...