Eight Keys

Funny, moving and beautifully constructed

A warm and inspiring tale about friendship and families with real substance and style

The best book I have read all year . . . I loved it

At a young age, Suzanne LaFleur fell in love with stories and writes to help children do the same. Suzanne works with children in New York and Boston.

Before I used it, the key had infinite possibilities. 
 
Eleven-year-old Elise feels stuck. Her school locker-buddy squashes her lunch and laughs at her, every day. She doesn't want to go to school - and her best friend Franklin just makes things worse. 
 
Now I was ready for something to be different. Anything, really. 
 
One day Elise discovers an incredible secret. A secret that might just help her unlock her past, and take a chance on the future. 
 
I decided that tomorrow I would see what that key opened up. It had my name on it, after all . . .

Love, Aubrey

At a very young age, Suzanne LaFleur fell in love with stories. She loved stories so much that she decided that if she had to grow up, she would write new stories for kids to read. Love, Aubrey is her first book. Suzanne works with children in New York City and Boston.

Something terrible has happened. Eleven-year-old Aubrey is on her own. 
 
'It was fun at first, playing house. Nothing to think about but TV and cheese. A perfect world.' 
 
She's determined to hide away and take care of herself, because facing the truth is too much to bear. 
 
'I couldn't let anyone know that I was alone. I was staying right here.' 
 
But with the love of her grandmother and the letters she writes, can Aubrey begin to see that even though she's lost everything - all is not lost?

Suzanne LaFleur

LaFleur deftly handles the tale's many layers, never allowing readers to get lost. Events and characters are fully developed and are completely believable, without any sense of contrivance. Tender and brave, Siena is a heroine to be admired

This insighful, delicate tale .... offers an enticing blend of history, mystery, and family

'We're moving to your house - the one from your dream'. 
 
Siena sees what isn't there; collects what's left behind. 
 
'Lucca led me to his room, and then just stood in the middle, waiting for me to notice something'. 
 
Her brother Lucca hasn't spoken for over a year. 
 
The doctors think he needs a fresh start, that's why her family left Brooklyn. But their new home feels hauntingly familiar - and when Siena finds an old pen, the story she writes is not her own . . . 
 
Can the secrets of the past help break her brother's silence?

Suzanne LaFleur

Praise for Listening for Lucca

Funny, moving and beautifully constructed

A warm and inspiring tale about friendship and families with real substance and style

LaFleur's writing is a delight

Funny, moving and beautifully constructed

A warm and inspiring tale about friendship and families with real substance and style

LaFleur's writing is a delight

Funny, moving and beautifully constructed

A warm and inspiring tale about friendship and families with real substance and style

LaFleur's writing is a delight

Books by Suzanne LaFleur

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