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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... walked past him and the trash bags , opening doors and peering into rooms as she went . " Shelley ! " she called as she re- treated . " Shelley ! Come on ! No hiding ! " Ellis wished he could watch her properly ... but he was somehow ...
... walked on by as if the car didn't matter . He was furious , too , with Ursa's fatalistic , almost careless attitude . But most of all he was furious with 1 1 1 | himself for letting this happen to his mother's cher- ished 92.
... walked in the opposite direction to the flow of cars advancing implacably toward them . Ellis took a deep breath , aware of the smell of rubber , diesel , and exhaust fumes as they approached the line of old shops . KURL - UP & DYE ...