Early finds help from one of Dash’s favorite high school teachers and returns to the library to investigate his disappearance. With the door to their apartment broken and no money, three Pearls are forced to move to a homeless shelter where such things as doing laundry, making a phone call, finding privacy, and taking a bath are continuous challenges. Early has been reading the Hughes book and the thieves do not realize they have missed it. The next day four masked people break into their apartment, destroying its cheerful order while they take all their books. The police treat this as the normal disappearance of an irresponsible man but his family knows something has happened. Then one day Dash disappears leaving on the street his notebook of words, his bike, and the groceries. From one of these boxes Dash removes The First Book of Rhythms by Langston Hughes, paying a fair price for it to Al, who brings him the boxes. He does extra work processing and transporting old books to a book seller to make money for this dream house. Dash works as a library page sharing with his family his love for words and poetry. Summary: The Pearl family-Dashel, Summer, Early, and Jubilation-live in a one room apartment and dream and save for the day when they can have a house.
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