Hold Fast (9780545510196)

by Balliett, Blue

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Balliett, Blue, 1955-

  Hold fast / by Blue Balliett. — 1st ed.

  p. cm.

  Summary: On a cold winter day in Chicago, Early’s father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee their apartment and join the ranks of the homeless — and it is up to Early to hold her family together and solve the mystery surrounding her father.

  ISBN 978-0-545-29988-6 (jacketed hardcover) 1. Missing persons — Juvenile fiction. 2. Kidnapping victims — Juvenile fiction. 3. Homeless families — Juvenile fiction. 4. Fathers and daughters — Juvenile fiction. 5. Smuggling — Juvenile fiction. 6. Chicago (Ill.) — Juvenile fiction. [1. Missing persons — Fiction. 2. Kidnapping — Fiction. 3. Homeless persons — Fiction. 4. Family life — Illinois — Chicago— Fiction. 5. Fathers and daughters — Fiction. 6. Smuggling — Fiction. 7. Mystery and detective stories. 8. Chicago (Ill.) — Fiction.] I. Title.

  PZ7.B2128Hol 2013

  813.54 — dc23

  2012041035

  First edition, March 2013

  e-ISBN 978-0-545-51019-6

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