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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... Yeah , but maybe you've made some arrangement with Chris - oh , sorry ! I should have said ' Christ ' since that's who he thinks he is , " Jackie said , making a rude gesture with the sausage . " Maybe he'll come along in that new red ...
... Yeah ! Yeah ! The glass tells all , " she said , nodding and sounding as if she were responding to a ritual line . “ You're the magician of the family . " And then she caught Ellis's eye and looked a little surprised to find he was ...
... The glass tells all , " she repeated . " Yeah , sure ! " said Ellis . “ Oh , well ! Roll on , Christ- mas ! " " See you ! " she said , waving the red glass at him as he climbed onto his bicycle . " See you ! " Ellis replied , waving , 199.