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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... coffee from the freezer compartment . " Help yourself ! " she mumbled , her mouth full of shortbread as she began measuring coffee into a cof- feepot with a plunger . Somewhere to his left , a door opened . Turning , Ellis looked for a ...
... coffee , and revolted by the thought of it . His stomach heaved violently . Taking a breath , he forced it into submission . " Coffee ? Okay ! Where is it ? " he said quickly . " Behind the counter , " said Ursa , pointing . Turning ...
... coffee machine once more . " It doesn't matter , ” he said . " Did you throw up ? " she asked , turning and smil- ing . " Some people do . Well , metaphorically they do . " “ I think I did — metaphorically , that is , ” sighed Ellis ...