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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... cried Ellis " I'm becoming mature ! " exclaimed Jackie with loathing . " If it's so crazy , why do you hang around here ? " asked Ellis , and as he said this , it occurred to him that Jackie might want to keep Leona and Ursa for himself ...
... cried . Perhaps Leona had improved Simon . " Every day , " she went on , " I disinfect dead people , drain the purges - that's what we call fluid that seeps out of the lungs and stomach . Every day I soak cotton wool in autopsy gel and ...
... cried Leona . " Why would he ? " " He's a bit crazy , " Ursa said . " And I did sort of walk out on him last night . " " Christo ! " exclaimed Jackie's voice , and Jackie himself loomed up behind Leona , his voice a darker echo of hers ...