Hold Fast
Author: Blue Balliett
Author: Blue Balliett
Publisher: New York: Scholastic Press 2013.; 288 p.
Annotation:
Early, an eleven old girl with an inquisitive mind lives with her family in the city of Chicago. On one cold winter day, Early’s father vanishes and leaves her with a book that has secret codes and puzzles. It Is not long before she, her mother and younger brother are forced to move out of their place and stay in a shelter. Now Early must use her resourcefulness to solve the mystery of her father’s disappearance. This is a novel that has all the elements of a good narrative: compassion, fear, intrigue, desperation, mystery, and family.
