A review by saidtheraina
Hold Fast by Blue Balliett

4.0

This was my first Balliett read, and less of a traditional mystery than I expected.
Sum's story is heartbreaking, and very real.

Memorable for its setting (a tiny apartment in Chicago, and then an inner city shelter), the father's job working as a paraprofessional in a library, and the relationships between the members of Sum's family.