**** 4 stars
This book strained credibility and had a sensibility that it was of modern times yet of no time in particular. By that I mean it felt old-fashioned but not necessarily in a bad way. I did struggle, as an adult and as a parent, with some elements of the plot that kept it moving forward, such as the characters our heroine meets along the way; no adult seems concerned enough about her to call the police, for instance, or that she's allowed to rent hotel rooms without much question.
Still, there was something very readable and entertaining about the book and I enjoyed it. It struck a chord with me and had Kehret been writing when I was a child, I'm sure she would have been a favorite author for me. Her youngsters are independent and wily and I would have loved reading about them!
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