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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... Ursie ... you're a guest . Invited ! Do you think I can't cope with this dead- beat ? I can easily manage him . I've done it a thousand times . " " Manage me ? " said Jackie vaguely . He bunched his right - hand fingers together and ...
... Ursie . You know he can't resist a smart answer . " " Stop ! " yelled Ursa so fiercely that Ellis braked sharply , and Leona fell silent . " I want to say something to that ... thing in the back , and it's not safe to say it in a moving ...
... Ursie ! Ursie ! Don't make it worse - ie ! " mockingly . sang Jackie Ursa ignored her sister . " Get out of this car , " she re- peated . " I don't want to breathe the same air as you . 99 " You're going to dump me on the side of the ...