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Eight Keys

by Suzanne LaFleur · 2011

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… more

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But in life people come and go. We don't always have control over it. But we can control how we respond. We can keep going, keep living the best we can. We can love the people we have instead of shutting them out. We can do our best to get to know them in the time we have.
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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.
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But I remind myself that I know you. I know your heart, and that will always stay the same, so I will always know you...
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Trying to figure out why things change is probably even harder than trying to figure out how they started.
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We have plenty of room for people...in our lives, I mean. Especially the ones who make us be the people we want to be.
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Well, sometimes things don't change on their own. Sometimes we have to change them.
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Soon Aunt Bessie slipped into my room and shut the door. “Hugh told me he wants to talk to you and I thought, Men can be so obtuse sometimes, so I decided to come in myself to see if you wanted a woman to talk to.
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moon and the stars and the sun combined
But in life people come and go. We don’t always have control over it. But we can control how we respond. We can keep going, keep living the best we can. We can love the people we have instead of shutting them out. We can do our best to get to know them in the time we have.
When a stuffed bear asks you for help, you can … ignore him, check your sanity, or give in.
sometimes things don’t change on their own. Sometimes we have to change them.

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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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First published
2011
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4.03 (8k ratings)

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