Eight Keys. Suzanne LaFleur
Before I used it, the key had infinite possibilities. Eleven-year-old Elise feels stuck. Her school locker-buddy squashes her lunch and laughs at her, every day. She doesn't want to go to school - and her best friend Franklin just makes things worse. Now I was ready for something to be different....
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Before I used it, the key had infinite possibilities. Eleven-year-old Elise feels stuck. Her school locker-buddy squashes her lunch and laughs at her, every day. She doesn't want to go to school - and her best friend Franklin just makes things worse. Now I was ready for something to be different. Anything, really. One day Elise discovers an incredible secret. A secret that might just help her unlock her past, and take a chance on the future. I decided that tomorrow I would see what that key opened up. It had my name on it, after all...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780141336053 (0141336056)
Publish date: June 1st 2012
Publisher: Puffin Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Family,
Contemporary,
Chapter Books
A good friend is one of the hardest things to keep in this life. Don't forget that sometimes you have to work at it. --Chapter 19 Sometimes you are friends with someone just because you're used to it, and maybe you forget why it happened in the first place. --Chapter 9 Trying to figure out why t...
I purchased this along with Love, Aubrey - Suzanne's first book about a year ago now if not longer and just this morning found myself picking this book up off of my shelf and opening the pages. It's late now and I've read every page. Eight Keys is perfect for a rainy day read as with just over 200 p...
This covers a lot of coming-of-age territory: changing friendships, standing up for yourself, understanding your history and contemplating your place in the world. It does it well, with a sympathetic main character and an interesting almost-mystery involving the eight keys. It's a hard book to revie...
I don’t usually read many contemporary books for some reason. When I pick up books like this, I start to wonder why I don’t read contemporary books more often. Eight Keys worked for me on so many levels. We have two big stories going on. The first story is Elise growing up. She’s starting middle sch...
5 fresh from the oven, warm and melty cookies dipped in cold milk.Cover Love: It's intriguing, but I don't think it's particularly eye-catching.Why I Wanted to Read This: I loved LaFleur's book Love, Aubrey and liked the synopsis for this one.I Kept Reading Because: I couldn't put it down. AT ALL....
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