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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
 | Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life Wendy Mass Date: 01 November, 2006 — $10.87 — Book Rating: |
Is there only one big meaning to life? Jeremy Fink spends his summer with his best friend Lizzy trying to decipher this question. Jeremy receives a box from his father, who died five years ago, in the mail. The birthday gift is locked and all four keys are missing. When Lizzy convinces Jeremy to break into the law office, the last known place where the keys were located, a camera catches their activity and they both land in hot water. They make a deal. Instead of going to court, the two friends agree to community service. Their new "job" introduces several intriguing characters, to which Jeremy has taken to asking their opinions of the meaning of life trying to answer his dad’s question himself. However with their new duties, they have less time to work on their project of recovering the hidden keys. Will Jeremy ever figure out his father’s last gift?
Middle grade readers will be satisfied with this fast paced adventure. The two central characters will appeal to both genders. A mystery full of twists, this tale by Wendy Mass, keeps the reader wondering what is the meaning of life and if Jeremy will actually find the keys.
According to a statistics, there are 430 million English speaking internet
users. Are they enough to answer the biggest question? What would happen if
all of them visited this website and wrote a sentence? Would we find the
ultimate answer? I don't think so, but who knows...