Summary Of Jeremy Fink And The Meaning Of Life

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After reading Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life by Wendy Mass I was sad. Wendy Mass is an author of young-adult and children's book author, she won (ALA) Schneider Family Book Award for Middle School in 2004. Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life is published by Little Brown and Company and was published in November of 2006. It is full of adventure and find it quite funny. The characters said and did a lot of funny thing like, hula-hooping in a fake grass skirt,while eating a banana, and catching a football. The book I felt excited,other times I felt discouraged. This book is a really great book for young adults. The book made me cry at the end because it had a lot of memories about Jeremy’s dad at the end.

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