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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... moved deeper into the country , Ellis felt a change coming over Jackie Cattle . He had not understood just how tense his companion had been until Jackie shifted in the seat beside him , sighing as he relaxed . They crossed a long bridge ...
... moved across the upper lawn be- tween groups of chattering guests , nearly all protecting piled cardboard plates and glasses of wine from the wind , then down three wide , stone steps to a lower lawn . In spite of the big , brick ...
... moved from his big chair since the night before . " I know where she is , " yelled Ellis . " At least , I'm pretty sure I do . ” " Back so soon ? " said Ursa . He hadn't seen her at first , half hidden by the open door . " I thought you ...