Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life: The Mysterious Box

Posted by DogEared in DogEared on September 8, 2010
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BOOK NAME: Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
AUTHOR: Wendy Mass

Welcome to the book club meeting! This week, we started Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life. It’s another mystery, but the tone’s a bit lighter than our last book. If you’re ready to talk about the book through chapter five, let’s get started!

If you have read through the first five chapters, click “See More” to get to the discussion.

If you haven’t read that far yet, or if you’re still looking for a copy, stop here!

Jeremy Fink is twelve years old this summer. He is about to turn thirteen. He has one good friend, his neighbor Lizzy. Jeremy and Lizzy are almost complete opposites, but they get along well. One day, a package containing a mysterious box arrives in the mail. The box is from Jeremy’s father, who died when Jeremy was eight. According to the label, the box contains the meaning of life! The only problem is the box needs four keys to open, and the lawyer who has been holding onto the box misplaced them. Plus, the lawyer’s office has closed! Jeremy and Lizzy need to find the keys so they can get into the box.

They take the box to a locksmith, but he isn’t able to open it. Next, they try the flea market to see if they can find keys that will fit. No good either. While they try to figure out what to do next, they have the state fair talent show to prepare for, and new neighbors (with teenage kids) are moving into the apartment building.

Can you think of anywhere to look for keys that Jeremy and Lizzy haven’t thought of? What would you do if you were Jeremy?

Jeremy has a mutant candy collection, and we read that Jeremy’s dad was a collector, too. Do you have any collections?

Have you ever been to a flea market?

Here
are some
words you might not have seen before. (All definitions
from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.)

Concealer: A cosmetic used to conceal blemishes or discoloration especially under the eyes. (Lizzy uses it to hide a pimple.)

Ferret:
A domesticated animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat. (Visit the black-footed ferret definition here to see a picture.)

Grandfather clock:
tall pendulum clock that stands on the floor.

We’ll read the next five chapters for next Wednesday’s meeting. Happy reading!

-DogEared

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Comments

  1. jindo2108
    September 8, 2010, 3:02 pm

    Yes!!!!! Finally, I read the first five chapters!!!!!
    Os far, I think its good to me. Did you guys feel that you were someitimes exasperated with Jeremy? Or was that just me?? Though it might just be because I happen to hate Peanut Butter sandwichs. :)
    Anyway………………
    I could not think of any other places the key might be. I think that either it will be in the
    office or maybe even the lawyer took the keys for himeself???????????
    If I were Jeremy though, I might retrace the route of the keys.
    I sort of rotate collections. I collected stamps(one), marbles(mainly my older brothers),stuffed animals( just sort of collected themselves), and some sillybands.
    I haven’t been to a flea market, but I have been to a farmers market!!!!!! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm……..
    Audious amigos!!!!!
    -Jindo

  2. zoenightshade12
    September 8, 2010, 4:06 pm

    i think the lawyer knows what’s inside and wants to make sure that jeremy doesn’t find the keys, so he’s hidden them somewhere that j can’t get them. i also suspect jeremy’s uncle, since he and jeremy’s dad NEVER got along. So, maybe the unlce found out what was in there, and made a deal with the lawyer that if he didn’t give jeremy the keys, he’d reward him.

    bye people out there

    – Z. Nightshade

    READ PERCY JACKSON!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. 2whitie
    September 8, 2010, 6:05 pm

    I just collect books. All my other collections just die off. When I read it I thought a guy like Jeremy would b good 2 have as a friend. My mom took 1 look at the back off the book, and went “weirdo”.

  4. zoenightshade12
    September 9, 2010, 8:03 pm

    lol, 2whitie!! even though jeremy is an ok kid, he is kinda a strange person.

  5. Anonymous
    September 9, 2010, 8:35 pm

    PERCY JACKSON IS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. Pinky Caine
    September 10, 2010, 8:18 am

    jeremy is kinda strange

  7. Crocks04
    September 10, 2010, 9:09 am

    Maybe the Lawyer’s house?

    No, I don’t have a collection.. Wish I did though!

    And nope.. Never been to a flea market :)

    ~Crocks04
    Can’t wait for next week!

  8. jindo2108
    September 10, 2010, 12:00 pm

    I agree with zoenightshade12, 2white, and Pinky Caine. Jeremy is one strange guy!!!!!!

  9. zoenightshade12
    September 10, 2010, 5:15 pm

    5th commenter:
    u r SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GO PERCY JACKSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know all about greek mythology so if i do every1 elso should! lol
    :) :) :) :) :)

    I SWEAR ON RIVER STYX (lol again) THAT P J O ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  10. zoenightshade12
    September 10, 2010, 5:17 pm

    it seems 2 me that jeremy is 1 of those kids who needs 2 act his age, cuz even though he’s thirteen, he acts kinda like he’s 10. every1 grows out of it though.

  11. 2whitie
    September 11, 2010, 10:52 pm

    Hmmmmm…I don’t think I’m out of that stage lol

  12. zoenightshade12
    September 14, 2010, 7:18 pm

    lol! sometimes i act like i’m 5 and run around my house like a monkey and i get in trouble and i get my computer priviliges taken away… AND IT IS SOOOOOOOO FUN! :)

    – zoe

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