Disappearing Act

Rating:
Summary: OK , but language was a little dated at times
Review: This was an ok book, certainly not the most exciting I've ever read but the plot moved along with kids on the lam from an unknown stalker after their mother died. It did seem easier for them to make money than I think real-world-on-the-lam kids would find it.

However, the language seemed a little dated in parts. One person "cracked wise", which is not in current vernacular. At another point, the boy was worried about wearing short pants, as he felt he had outgrown them. I don't think present-day kids are concerned about wearing short pants, although kids from 1910 might have been. The book is not necessarily set in a particular time, but it seems contemporary except for occasional use of terms unlikely to be used by a contemporary kid.