While the Pearls are trying to sort out how to find Dash, three masked men and a masked woman break down their door and ransack the apartment, searching for something. They also have Dash’s copy of Langston Hughes’ The First Book of Rhythms and a notebook filled with a cryptic record of number patterns. One day, Dash disappears, a disappearance first treated negligently, then suspiciously by the police.Įarly, her mother, Sum, and her little brother, Jubie, find mysterious money in the apartment. Lately he has taken on an additional job cataloging books at home for a mysterious client. The Hughes poem has special resonance: The Pearls live in a one room apartment in Chicago, holding fast to a dream of having their own house with rooms for everyone.ĭash bicycles to his job as a library page at the downtown public library. The title for this complex, poignant tale comes from a Langston Hughes poem: “Hold Fast to Dreams.” Eleven-year-old Early Pearl’s father, Dash, quotes poetry to his family. What to Expect: Homelessness, mystery, reversals, clues hidden in language. Publisher: Scholastic Press First Edition edition (March 1, 2013) Elizabeth Varadan | The Children’s Book Review | SeptemHold Fast
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