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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... mean , he'd been caught screwing one of them . Oh , the drama ! But a few years later this lot honed in on him again . Leo and Ursa were independent enough by then , and Foxie came as part of the package . I think So- cial Services ...
... mean ! ” " Oh , well , you've got to be careful . But Monty's got some heavy backing , " said the woman . " There'd be reprisals . Top you up ? By the way , my name's Pan- dora . I work at Kurl - Up & Dye , just around the cor- on ...
... mean , he didn't beat me up or anything . " " The thing is , " said Ursa , " he could be counting you and me as an item . He could have decided to get at you through us . And if they've grabbed Shelley , there mightn't be much we can do ...