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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... sorry ! Sorry ! " " This is mad , " cried Leona . " David will be here to collect me at any moment , but I can't go to work , can I ? Not with Shelley missing . " " I might be violent at times , " Jackie went on , ignor- ing Leona and ...
... Sorry ! " said Ursa , catching up with him . She looked over his shoulder , sniffing and making a face . " Not that I did it , mind you . But , sorry , all the same , because I didn't think about putting your car in a garage . Everyone ...
... Sorry ! " he cried with real fear and pain in his voice . " Sorry ! Sorry ! It's my fault . I should have left you alone . Sorry ! " He looked at Ellis . " Where is he ? I mean , he must be somewhere close , because he knew when we came ...