And nobody has any idea where they and the other eleven artworks might be. Hold fast book chicago public library bibliocommons. The mystery begins with a bizarre accident on a deserted, wintery street in chicago. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. As part of our annual burley book bash, sixth grade students created trailers for the novel hold fast by blue balliett. The novels of blue balliett meets common core and other standardssee inside grades discussion guide 37.
She also returns with her signature take on the brilliance of young minds. From new york times bestselling author blue balliett, the story of a girl who falls into chicagos shelter system, and from there must solve the mystery of her fathers strange disappearance. Hold fast by blue balliett book quiz book test by the. When i pick up a book for children i have to cut through a thick swath of issues infecting my brain that may have little to nothing to do with the book in hand.
In the book, hold fast, by blue balliett a family of four is separated and becomes a family of three. Reprint, 288 pages hold fast is a chapter book written by blue balliett. Out of the wild night, pieces and players, hold fast, the danger box, the calder game, the wright 3, chasing vermeer, and nantucket. Hold fast by blue balliett blue balliett, author of. Hold fast, in addition to entertaining the reader, will do two things. Hold fast and millions of other books are available for instant access. In hold fast, a crucial subject is poetry andmoving depictions of the social. What is fact and what is fiction, especially in the world of art. As danger closes in, early, her mom, and her brother have to flee. Most of the characters have deep, and perhaps obsessive, interests in particular subjects, such as calder, whos. March 1, 20 elevenyearold early pearl holds fast to her familys dream of a home of their own even after her father disappears, their apartment is ransacked, and she and her brother and mother are forced to move to a shelter. Interview with blue balliett about out of the wild night. That interest might help her unravel the mystery of her fathers disappearance and reunite their family of four.
This book will appeal to readers in 5th through 7th grades who like a good mystery, poetry, and stories about hardship and changes in fortune. Hes not the kind of father who you think would disappear. Blue ballietts first novel, chasing vermeer, was a book sense book of the year and an edgar award winner. Hold fast by blue balliett book trailers burley grade. Pieces and players about the book in pieces and players, the main characters from each of blue ballietts books come. Blue balliett is the author of several bestselling, acclaimed mystery novels, including hold fast, chasing vermeer a book sense book of the year and an edgar award winner, the wright 3, the calder game, and the danger box. From nyt bestselling author blue balliett, the story of a girl who falls. Blue balliett is an american author, best known for her awardwinning novel for children, chasing vermeer. Im sure i first heard about blue balliets books through pragmatic mom, my goto resource on all things kid lit. From nyt bestselling author blue balliett, the story of a girl who falls into chicagos shelter system, and from there must solve the mystery of her fathers strange disappearance. The chasing vermeer book series by blue balliett includes books chasing vermeer, the wright 3, the calder game, and several more. Hold fast offers pure enjoyment to readers of mysteries, fans of family stories, people concerned about social issues andor to anyone who loves getting lost in an intriguing, nuanced pageturner dash and early both delight in capturing intriguing words and ideas by jotting them down in notebooks.
On a cold winter day in chicago, earlys 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. Blue balliett books list of books by blue balliett. In fact, balliett says she couldnt have written her new novel, chasing vermeer, without having taught for a decade at the. What did sum learn the morning after she and jubie went to the police station. Blue balliett is located with indelible ink on this list.
Each time dashel sat down to read aloud, book in hand, hed. Hold fast by blue balliett bookshelf clever as everif slow off the markand positively laden with tics, quirks, and puns. With hold fast, balliett has used her considerable gift to not only pen a compelling mystery, but to raise awareness for the plight of our homeless children. Discount prices on books by blue balliett, including titles like out of the wild night. On a cold winter day in chicago, earlys father disappeared, and now she, her mother and her brother have been forced to flee. Kindle ebooks can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Hold fast began with a shocking truth i ran across in the news. Blue balliett has 20 books on goodreads with 81658 ratings. Theres a lot of detailed discussion of the images and elements in the art, partly as possible clues to the mystery.
From the new york times bestselling author of chasing vermeer, the wright 3, and hold fast the pieces thirteen extremely valuable pieces of art have been stolen from one of the most secretive museums in the world. From new york times bestselling author blue balliett, the story of a girl who falls into chicagos shelter system, and from there must solve the mystery. Pieces and players offers loads of information about art in general and especially works stolen in real life from a boston museum in 1990 and still not recovered. Free hold fast study unit worksheets for teachers to print. Wright 3 by blue balliett, brett helquist, paperback. This book belongs in the contemporary realistic fiction genre because it seems to be set in the real world and doesnt deal with any sort of supernatural elements. She writes in the laundry room of her home in chicago, illinois, and you can find her online at. From nyt bestselling author blue balliett, the story of a girl who falls into chicagos shelter.
Blue balliett books make learning about art history fun and exciting for kids. Hold fast by blue balliett when young earlys father disappears and she and her family fall into chicagos shelter system, she must struggle to find out the truth and reunite her family. Questions are plotbased and spaced evenly throughout the book with no trick questions or insignificant details. Early pearl is very much her fathers daughter, an 11yearold fascinated with words and puzzles. Balliett says that at the close of the school year in 2012 there were 30,000 homeless children in chicago. Out of the wild night, pieces and players, hold fast, the danger box, the calder game, the wright 3, chasing vermeer, and nantucket ghosts. Dashel takes most of the pictures, so hes rarely inside them. I began spending time in chicagos shelters, and met some wonderful kids who ill. Blue ballietts biography, bibliography, list of books, with the current titles, summaries, covers, excerpts, author notes, and availability. Blue balliett books list of books by author blue balliett. Blue balliett born 1955 in new york is an american author, best known for her awardwinning novel for children, chasing vermeer. If you enjoyed these books by blue balliett, explore these other artful mysteries. A vermeer was stolen, three rembrandts, a manet, five degas drawings.
Hold fast by blue balliett author scholastic paperbacks 2015, edition. Free hold fast worksheets and literature unit for teachers. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. See the complete chasing vermeer series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles. She was born elizabeth balliett, but her family started calling her blue shortly after her birth. In order to tackle this heartbreaking crime, i borrowed and moved the museum itself. Just ask author blue balliett, who says children of that age have tremendous brain power and are not bound by convention. From nyt bestselling author blue balliett, the story of a girl who falls into chicagos shelter system, and from there must solve the mystery of her fathers strange. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. The quiz can be used as a quick formative assessment to help with conferencing. In ballietts previous books, young characters are drawn into intricate mysteries involving valuable objects from a stolen vermeer and charles. Blue balliett is the author of several bestselling, acclaimed mystery novels, including chasing vermeer a book sense book of the year and an edgar award winner, the wright 3, the calder game, and the danger box.