Elise is having a really hard time adjusting to middle school. Her locker partner is a bully, she cant get her homework done and her best friend, Franklin, now seems embarrassing. On top of that, a new baby moves into the house, interrupting her life with Uncle Hugh and Aunt Bessie. Then Elise finds an old key with her name on it. It unlocks not just one of the eight doors in the barn, but a complex mystery left by her father before he died. By opening each of the doors, Elise ends up learning about friendship, family and the person she wants to be.In Elise, Lafleur creates a very realistic portrait of the challenging transition period between grade school and middle school. Being judged by your peers has intense repercussions. It's scary to stick up for yourself when people are laughing at you. It's easy to become too overwhelmed and distracted to remember to do homework. Honestly, there were times I felt frustrated at Elise, especially when she was being unfair to Franklin. But Elise changes so much throughout the story, and she really becomes an exceptional young lady by the end of the book.
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