Jeremy+Fink+and+the+Meaning+of+Life

Ruph12
====__Summary__: Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy just got out for summer vacation. They are on their way home from a comic store and they see the mailman with a package for Jeremy's mother. The mailman finally gives it to them, knowing that they'll open it. When the pair does, Jeremy is shocked when he finds out what it was. It was a box, that his father engraves for Jeremy before he died. Along with the box was a note. It said it was from someone named Harold from a lawyers office, and that whoever he was had lost the keys. All 4 keys. This box was weird, because of the 4 different keyholes. Jeremy was dumbstruck. He didn't know what to say or do. But, he knew 1 thing. If the box said To Be Opened On 13th Birthday (Meaning for him to do so), means that the box needs to get opened in 1 month. Without the slightest idea of where the keys might be, Jeremy and Lizzy's first stop is too the flea market to search. With no luck there, they head to the Law Office that the package was sent from. They sneaked into the office, but got caught. the had to do community service, for an old man who was packing up to move to Florida. Lizzy and Jeremy do what he asks for about a week when they are dismissed. And because Mr. Oswald was a pawner, they got to choose something they wanted, and it would be a gift. Lizzy, chose a doll, and Jeremy got a suitcase. At first he thought it was empty, but then when he tried to lift it, he discovered that there was probably at least 200 keys inside. He knew it was a long-shot, but he tried anyway. They checked for any keys for half of the night, and in the morning they had 3 of the keys. Jeremy was disappointed because having 3 of the 4 was worse than not having any. When Jeremy's Mother, Grandmother, and Lizzy get to the park for a picnic, there was a surprise from Lizzy. She had the 4th key! She had found it while Jeremy was in the bathroom. Jeremy couldn't believe it! When the 2 of them opened the box, they instantly started to cry. Jeremy read the letter aloud, and then they looked at what was inside the box. It was his dads rock collection for Jeremy, and for Lizzy, a card. She collects cards from different decks from where ever //she// finds them. She won't let anyone give them to her. After the month of frantic searching, Jeremy was glad that it was all over and done with.==== ====__Review__: This book was very very good. At the beginning I wasn't sure if I was going to like it, but I did. This book is very good to read on a 4 hour car drive. (Thats what I did :)) Wendy Mass is just outstanding. She writes the most amazing books I have ever read. The end in this book really made the story come together, which was really cool.====