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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
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- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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- Release date: 10-23-08
- Language: English
- Publisher: Recorded Books
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
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A mysterious box engraved with the words "THE MEANING OF LIFE: For Jeremy Fink To Open On His 13th Birthday" arrives in the mail from Jeremy's long-departed father. The four keys needed to open the box are lost, setting Jeremy and Lizzy off on a quest to find them somewhere in the vastness of New York City. Along the way, they soon discover something about themselves in their search for the keys to the meaning of life.
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- Hector
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- 07-12-13
A Feel-Good Story That Opens The Heart & The Mind
Wendy Mass did another great job creating unique characters. Combine that with another amazingly unique story and you have a wonderful book. With his 13th birthday just a summer away, Jeremy gets the best present anybody can ask for - the exposure to life that will forever change the way he views the world...all thanks to his dad (who passed away when he was 8).
The story had a rough start, but less than an hour into this adventure I couldn't stop listening. Mass ends the story with a feel-good twist that I have come to now expect from her writing.
It is a wonderful story...maybe her best thus far. Definitely check it out.
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Good book
It's a little deep for children. Unfortunately, my fifth grader lost interest pretty quick, but overall it was a good book. I really liked the message.
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Mystery without being a mystery
I love how the story is a mystery but without being a mystery and how it shows people working together for one big goal
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- SIERRA VISTA, AZ, United States
- 12-12-17
Great Story! Philosophy for Pre-Teens... & Adults!
I recommend this for adults who enjoy a thought-provoking kids' book and for kids who are philosophical and/or intellectually curious. It's a fun story about the meaning of life with a fairly simple, but fundamentally important message. I personally found the main supporting character somewhat annoying because I have a hard time with people who are not curious and with kids who are willfully incurious... but the author did a very good job of capturing multiple common personality types, which is a great thing for young readers to learn about. We all have strengths despite being wildly different from one another. Like I always tell my staff, having a tool shed full of hammers is not very useful to any project. The best tool shed has a huge diversity of tools.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-05-17
amazing..
4 words..... I love this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's all I need to say just perfect.
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- Laureen Pladdys Paret
- 09-08-16
Amazing book
At first I thought it was going to be "one of those books" like a bad book. But when I was on the 3 chapter I thought "this is a good book" I highly recommend your kids to read this book.
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- Angela B.
- 08-14-16
Great
This book took me through a life ride of a young boy with dreams and desires I couldn't ever imagine. He took big risk a and eagerly waited and work hardly for a reward to end with. Through the story you experience new emotions and a new look at life. I recommend many people read this- because I am not a Boone easer what so ever , but this book interferences with me beyond imaginable .
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- y
- 06-04-16
Amazing
As you read this book, your life changes. Is book has the most amazingly powerful message there is. I could never, while reading it come up with a bad thing about it.
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- Lilly M
- 05-19-16
I cried
I don't even know why, I just cried at the ending because it was so beautifully tied together and everything fell into place perfectly :,)