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. One day Elise discovers an incredible secret. A secret that might just help her unlock her past, and take a chance on the future.

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Intermediate category by the Golden Sower Award. It was recognised by the Georgia Children's Book Award. It also was recognised by the Land of Enchantment Book Award. It was recognised by the Iowa Children's Choice Award. Also it was recognised in the Grades 3-5 category by the Sunshine State Young Reader's Award. It was recognised in the Young Readers category by the Nevada Young Readers' Award.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 216 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by Yearling Books .

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.