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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... backpack . Ellis glimpsed a small arm waving an ap- parent good - bye . The sound of a wail , much more in- sistent now that he and Shelley were almost face - to - face , reached his ears . Christo propped the backpack against an orange ...
... backpack , though this time with less conviction , Ellis thought . And he felt himself feeding on that uncertainty . He felt himself silently growing in power . " Not worth it , " he said softly . " Not worth it for a wimp like you ...
... backpack safely into Jackie's ex- tended hands , and Jackie edged it down , obviously finding it heavier than he had anticipated . " Hang on ! ” cried Jackie , and then , taking a breath , he slid the backpack over the gutter into the ...