Bel-Air Bambi and the Mall Rats

Richard Peck. Laurel Leaf Library, $3.99 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-440-21925-5

Despite the ``snide'' tone of this ``slick and compassionless'' tale of a Southern California showbiz kid uprooted to a hick town, the narrative, said PW, ``manages to be snappy, moving at a rackety gallop.'' Ages 12-up. (Apr.)q

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