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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... mother's friend , Meg , and feeling suddenly treacherous . Why - why - had Jackie been so desperate to come here ... mother could trust - an actor's smile . " Didn't know you were having a party . Sorry ! " He was relieved to find just ...
... mother's car was parked . All around him lay a country of rust and graffitied fences . At the sight of the car , he ... mother UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - LKAMBURN LIGNANT THE UNIVERSITY might have . She had tapes and things in the 91.
... mother's scarves , along with a mileage recorder issued by an accounting firm . The car smelled like the inside of a seaside toilet . " Someone's peed in here , " he said incredulously . " Sorry ! " said Ursa , catching up with him ...