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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... words painted on it fastened across the window of a darkened shop . PARTY ! LAND - OF- SMILES ! said the blue letters , rough but clear . Ursa groaned . " Did you see that ? " she said to Leona . " Can't I go out for an evening without ...
... words DRUGS ! BOOZE ! SEX ! marched across his forehead . Thick , gray hair was pulled back in a tight ponytail . Looking with wonder at this man , Ellis en- countered an inexplicably calculating stare . He thought he detected ...
... words - he found himself shrinking from remembering her exact words- but something of their energy and impact . He ran past the health shop , past Kurl - Up & Dye , and past the Book Exchange , all locked so tightly , it was as if they ...