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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

by Wendy Mass

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For Jeremy and his best friend, Lizzy, it's summer break. But this is not just any summer break. It's the most important one: Jeremy's turning 13. However, his life is turned upside down when he receives a mysterious postal delivery. It's from his dad, who died when Jeremy was eight. Inside the the package he finds an ornately carved wooden box with a special locking system.  It was sent to him from a lawyer, who has held it for the last five years as requested in his dad's will, and it promises to contain the Meaning of Life. But there is a problem: the lawyer lost the keys. Jeremy and Lizzy have just one month till his birthday to figure out how to open the gift. See if they can do it...
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Publisher Comments:

In one month Jeremy Fink will turn thirteen. But does he have what it takes to be a teenager? He collects mutant candy, he won't venture more than four blocks from his apartment if he can help it, and he definitely doesn't like surprises. On the other hand, his best friend, Lizzy, isn't afraid of anything, even if that might get her into trouble now and then.

Jeremy's summer takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious wooden box arrives in the mail. According to the writing on the box, it holds the meaning of life Jeremy is supposed to open it on his thirteenth birthday. The problem is, the keys are missing, and the box is made so that only the keys will open it without destroying what's inside. Jeremy and Lizzy set off to find the keys, but when one of their efforts goes very wrong, Jeremy starts to lose hope that he'll ever be able to open the box. But he soon discovers that when you're meeting people named Oswald Oswald and using a private limo to deliver unusual objects to strangers all over the city, there might be other ways of finding out the meaning of life.

Lively characters, surprising twists, and thought-provoking ideas make Wendy Mass's latest novel an unforgettable read.

Synopsis:

Everything changes when the box arrives--a posthumous gift from Jeremy's father who died five years ago.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780316058292
Author:
Mass, Wendy
Publisher:
Little Brown and Company
Subject:
Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General
Subject:
Conduct of life
Subject:
Fathers and sons
Subject:
Social Issues - Adolescence
Subject:
Social Issues - Death & Dying
Publication Date:
November 2006
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Pages:
289
Dimensions:
8.54x5.84x.98 in. .90 lbs.
Age Level:
09-12

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