Eight Keys

By: Suzanne LaFleur

Narrated by: Georgette Perna

Elise and Franklin have always been best friends. Elise has always lived in the big house with her loving Uncle and Aunt, because Elise's parents died when she was too young to remember them. There's always been a barn behind the house with eight locked doors on the second floor.
When Elise and Franklin start middle school, things feel all wrong. Bullying. Not fitting in. Franklin suddenly seems babyish. Then, soon after her 12th birthday, Elise receives a mysterious key left for her by her father. A key that unlocks one of the eight doors upstairs in the bar . . .

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Critic reviews

Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, June 6, 2011:
"LaFleur (Love, Aubrey) writes with uncommon sensitivity to the fraught period between childhood and the teenage years, when friendships balance on a razor's edge and nothing feels certain. The heart of the story lies in the layered relationships and characters that give the novel its powerful sense of realism."

Great story and narration.

Exceeded expectations. Great story. Narrated version was very good and maintained my daughters attention. Story was a great basis for testing at the school.

loved it

im glad i pocked this out for my summer project to the 7th grade. i think this is another favorite book. ps i should listen to these more books often.

Simple and Sweet

Great story about friendship, family and growing up. Easy to listen to! Worth the time!

Moving and sweet.

Wonderful little audio book that covers the themes of friendship, grief, family, love, school, courage, bullying and coming of age in a very sweet and moving story. This worked very well as an audio book and would be equally good as a read aloud

Great lessons

Overall a good story line. Great lessons that both children and adults can learn from!