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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... fence , some of which were sunk deeply into the living wood . One shaggy branch bent east , a second , west . As Ursa , Leona , and Ellis advanced , the solitude and silence in which they were moving was suddenly shattered . Like hunted ...
... fence that marked the boundary of the drive , then lurched forward , clipping the edge of the building this time . Gears clashed . The car reversed once more , striking the fence for the second time before swinging successfully round ...
... fence , beyond which there was nothing but space , a hovering hawk , and a view of the city stretching out in the weekend sun . Ellis , horrified , believed Winston's car would smash right through the fence and tumble away , flashing ...