Locker 37: The Year It Closed

By Joel Beard

Book Summary:

When 14-year-old Clara Hayes starts her first year at Roosevelt Junior High in 1937, she doesn't expect anything exciting until her assigned locker begins whispering her name. Strange dreams, mysterious symbols, and eerie coincidences begin to swirl around Locker 37, and Clara finds herself drawn into its secrets. With the help of her best friend Mira, and Mira's twin brother Sam. Clara uncovers a magical entity hidden behind the school's walls.

But the magic isn't friendly. The locker grants wishes, but at a cost, and those who misuse it are slowly erased from memory. As Clara digs deeper, she realizes the locker will be choosing students for decades, always leading to strange disappearances. however, she is the first.

With the school shifting around her, time bending in strange ways, and the voices from the locker growing louder, Clara must decide whether to unlock its full power... or seal it away forever. But the locker isn't finished. It never is.

A mysterious, magical middle-grade adventure about temptation, legacy, and the power of remembering what others forget.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G259HQ7M
• ISBN13: 9798266260764
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"