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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... felt dubious about crashing a private party . " Why not ? " said Jackie , sounding affronted . “ I mean , look at us : clean , smiling ! Both respectable guys ! Yes ? " Ellis felt certain that Jackie had chosen him not merely because he ...
... felt shy . People think it's a bit strange cele- brating a separation . " " Well , I think the Robsons are coming over , " said Ellis , his voice hesitant , wondering if he had really heard Meg say what she appeared to have said . His ...
... felt himself lose control as he inched downward , felt Jackie seize him , and wobble dangerously as he did so . They tumbled together on top of Christo . Suddenly there were people milling around them . Names were being asked for ...