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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... asked Leona , smiling . " Oh , David , " she said . " It's awful . I can't ! " " Another crisis ? " His voice was gentle and half joking . " A bad one ! " Leona cried . " Not funny ! No way funny ! " She caught his arm and pulled him ...
... Leona . " What 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 ...
... Leona had improved Simon . " Every day , " she went on , " I disinfect dead people , drain the purges - that's what ... asked Leona , looking at him atten- tively , like a teacher listening for a particular word to crop up in answer to a ...