cover image DISAPPEARING ACT

DISAPPEARING ACT

Sid Fleischman, . . HarperTrophy, $5.99 (128pp) ISBN 978-0-06-051964-3

A 12-year-old and his aspiring opera singer sister flee from a stalker. They don't know what he wants, but perhaps it has something to do with their missing mother. "Fleischman again unleashes his literary slight-of-hand, dispensing laughs and a lickety-split plot," according to PW . Ages 8-up. (Aug.)