This morning I wrote a review for a book on Amazon titled Eight Keys by Suzanne LaFleur. I wanted to read this book because of the review another reviewer wrote on Amazon. It sounded like a book my children would enjoy when they are in middle school. When I began reading this book, it brought back all of my painful memories from junior high. It tore me up to hear how the main character, Elise, talked to her childhood best friend and how she saw life. I was a middle school teacher. I know that a lot of kids see life this way (she says her life sucks at the beginning of the book and goes on about it), but it's not what I want my kids to hear and have reinforced in their heads. Elise's life at home actually doesn't suck. She has some issues at school that are the catalyst for her growth in this book. These issues at school make her life miserable and affect how she treats and sees the people around her. Let me be up front...I am a Christian. So, I believe that ...