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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life- Part 1

Mrs. Phillips — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:30:46 +0000

Hi everyone! Did you enjoy the City of Ember? Well if you did you’ll enjoy this book! This next book club is the book Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass.

Jeremy Fink is about a 12-year old boy named Jeremy. He loves peanut butter so much he even sweats it!!! He finds a box that needs four keys. It holds the meaning of life, and was from his father who died when Jeremy was 8. He’s supposed to open it on his 13th birthday, but he doesn’t know where the keys are. Lizzy is Jeremy’s best friend and just like Jeremy’s dad, her mom is dead. Jeremy and Lizzy have to go and explore the city to try to find the keys before his birthday.

Once you get the book, ask yourself this question: What do you think the meaning of life is to Jeremy’s father?

Read chapters 1-5 (pg. 1-74). Then, go to Part 2.

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life- Part 2

Mrs. Phillips — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:29:13 +0000

What do you think of the book so far? At the beginning of the book, Lizzy forces Jeremy to open the cardboard box sent to his mom. In the cardboard box, there is a very “pretty” box that Jeremy’s dad wanted him to open on his 13th birthday. There is also a letter in the cardboard box talking about the keys to Jeremy’s dad’s box being misplaced. Jeremy and Lizzy go to Larry’s Locks and Clocks and the Flea Market to find the keys in this section. There were lots of keys at the Flea Market, but only one fit, and it still didn’t turn.

Here is the question for this section.

What is the meaning of life to you?

Don’t forget to reply. Please read to the 10th chapter, page 142. After that, go to Part 3.

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life- Part 3

Mrs. Phillips — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:20:09 +0000

In this section, Jeremy and Lizzy go into Harold’s office, the office of the person who lost the keys to Jeremy’s box. On the way there Lizzy finds one of the 3 missing cards in her collection. When they get to the office they sneak into the office building and search the office. When they get there, they look really hard but find nothing and end up getting caught. For their punishment they had to do some community service for the whole summer. They end up working for a guy named Oswald. They have to deliver pawned items to their original owners. They end up delivering a Winnie the Pooh book to a woman named Mrs. Billingsly. Mrs. Billingsly is very sad because her husband died and she hasn’t talked to her best friend for 67 years.

Here is our question for this section.

What do you think Mrs. Billingsly was doing with a Winnie the Pooh book?

I hope you will keep on reading this book to find out if Jeremy finds all 4 keys. Read up to the 15th chapter (pg. 216). Don’t forget to respond and answer our question. After you read to pg. 216, go to the next part, Part 4.

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life- Part 4

Mrs. Phillips — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:00:36 +0000

In this section Jeremy and Lizzy have to make two more deliveries. The first one is that they have to deliver a lamp to a man named Simon Rudolph. Simon used to be rich but he gave it all away. Then Jeremy and Lizzy ask if he knows the meaning of life. He shows them an example, a flower. Simon says that a painting to him reminds him to enjoy every moment, but to the flower it means nothing. So he says that the meaning of life is different to everyone. The second delivery is to a scientist named Dr. Grady. Dr. Grady is an astronomer. When they get back home Jeremy’s mom invites them to the board walk and they accept.

This is the question for this section.

For boys, do you think it is weird that Jeremy is friends with a girl? For girls, do you think it’s weird Lizzy’s friends with a boy?

Please read the rest of the book, and come back to this page to find the next section. Thanks, and enjoy the ending! (P.S. Did you enjoy this part of the book, or what? I know I did. Be sure to comment to this blog. Have a good time reading!

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life- Part 5

Mrs. Phillips — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:58:29 +0000

Hi everyone! Can you believe it’s finally over!? Jeremy Fink is a great book! Well, lets get back to the subject. In this section, Mr. Oswald has to move earlier then expected so Jeremy and Lizzy get to keep something from his old house. Jeremy was eying an old school brief case when Mr. Oswald tells him that there is a lot of loose junk in there, like keys, safety pins, paper clips, and stuff like that. That makes Jeremy really want it so he takes it and Lizzy takes a creepy blue eyed doll. When they get home Jeremy and Lizzy start to test all the keys. They find 3 out of the 4 keys but cannot find the other one. Once they get to Jeremy’s grandmother’s house Jeremy decides to try out the hula hoop, but he ends up being embarrassed by everyone else. Jeremy and Lizzy go and enter the talent show with Lizzy hula hooping and Jeremy assisting.But everything changes when Lizzy doesn’t feel so good and Jeremy has to take her place. Everything goes well and they end up winning 2nd place. The next day is Jeremy’s birthday and Lizzy surprises Jeremy when she gives him the last key to the box!!! They both go to the island in the middle of the lake and open the box. Everyone gets something in the box. Lizzy gets one of the last cards to her collection, Jeremy gets all of his father’s rocks of all the important events, and Jeremy’s mom and grandmother get a hug.

This is the last question so think about it hard.

Do you think that you’re personality is more like Lizzy or Jeremy?

Well everyone, we would like to thank you for joining this book club and hope you have a lot of fun. Thanks for joining our book club!