![]() ![]() She also gets to learn about the people who have raised her.Įlise is such an honest and real character. ![]() As she explores all of them, she gets to know the mother and father she doesn’t remember. ![]() The most touching and heartwrenching part, for me from my parenting perspective, was that, knowing he was going to die, her father spent his final days putting each of these rooms together for her. Each room also gives her insight into where she comes from. The book follows her journey, as she unlocks each of the doors and discovers something about who she was, who she is, and who she could be. She discovers a key and eight doors in her uncle’s workshop. In the midst of all this, she is turning 12, which in itself can be life changing. She gets bullied mercilessly by the popular girl at school. She has a best friend who she thinks she may have outgrown. She lives with her aunt and uncle, who I wish I lived with because they’re real and tangible characters. Elise is a young girl who lost both her parents. It weaves together the themes of finding yourself, knowing yourself, experiencing loss, friendship, bullying, acceptance, and family. Eight Keys, by Suzanne LaFleur, is beautiful. It just so happens that, this year, I have been incredibly fortunate to choose book after book that is amazing, moving, and captivating. I swear, I’m not the Paula Abdul of book reviews I do not think that every book I read is amazing and moving and captivating. Young adult fiction published by Yearling, an imprint of Random House ![]()
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