about the book
Elise lives in a great big house with her aunt and uncle (her parents died when she was too young to remember them). And there have always been those eight mysteriously locked doors up in her uncle’s barn…
When middle school starts, so do Elise’s new problems. There is a bully, whose locker just happens to be next to hers—she becomes the bully’s next target. Elise has always been best friends with Franklin, but Franklin just won’t grow up—he still brings Star Wars toys to school and plays make-believe, for Pete’s sake! In middle school those things are just not cool anymore. Their friendship is strained for the first time ever.
But there are also the keys. When she turns twelve, Elise finds a key with her name on it, a key which opens one of the eight doors. She discovers clues to her father and mother inside the rooms behind the eight doors, as well as mementos they have left for her to find.
As Elise learns more about who she is as well as the history of her family, will it give her confidence to face up to the bully and mend her relationship with Franklin?
about the author
Suzanne La Fleur grew up near Boston, Massachusetts. As soon as she could scribble squiggly lines on a piece of paper, she would “read” aloud her tales to anyone who would listen.
In fourth grade, she was handed a pristine blank composition book. Her assignment was to write five sentences every day…which turned into five pages… which turned into a novel! When she finished, Suzanne announced to everyone that she was going to be a writer. She rarely changes her mind!
Preparing to be an author, she double-majored in English and European history at Washington and Lee University. She graduated with honors and a manuscript for another novel. She went on to study writing for children, earning an MFA at The New School in New York City. It was there she began her debut children’s novel, Love, Aubrey.
Suzanne divides her time between homes in Manhattan and Natick, near Boston. She has two cats, a playful Siamese, Perseus, and a shy Himalayan, Suki.
Source:
Author website
Also by Suzanne LaFleur:
Listening for Lucca. Wendy Lamb Books. 2013.
Love, Aubrey. Wendy Lamb Books. 2009.
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