When 12-year-old Elise, orphaned since age nine, becomes disheartened by middle school, with its bullies, changing relationships, and higher expectations, Keys to long-locked rooms and messages from her late father help her cope.
SUNSHINE STATE AWARD FINALIST. . .
A key that unlocks one of the Eight doors upstairs in the bar .
Then, soon after her 12th birthday, Elise receives a mysterious key left for her by her father.
Franklin suddenly seems babyish.
Not fitting in.
Bullying.
When Elise and Franklin start middle school, things feel all wrong.
There\'s always been a barn behind the house with Eight locked doors on the second floor.
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.
Elise and Franklin have always been best friends.
When 12-year-old Elise, orphaned since age nine, becomes disheartened by middle school, with its bullies, changing relationships, and higher expectations, Keys to long-locked rooms and messages from her late father help her cope
