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I read this out loud to my 8 year old son and it amazed me how much he understood as this book is for tweens and early teens. I thought this was an incredible story of a boy and his best friend on a quest to find the meaning of life. Several times throughout the book, both my son and I cried. The author has a very descriptive yet sensative style of writing; bringing many emotions to the surface. There are a subjects such as, existentialism, astronomy and death, which I felt were described very well and on a level in which most kids could understand. I was shocked that my son understood what existentialism is (the basics)and he followed along. After I read the last page, my son said (with tears in his eyes), "Mom this is the best book ever. I want to keep it forever and reread it and I want to read it to my kids". I have inscribed a message to him and I do hope he keeps this with him to reread as I believe he will pick up different messages as he ages. I am now on a quest to find another book for his birthday that we can read together. Reading to each other is one of our favorite "us" things to do, but now I am faced with finding a book that will be as wonderful as Jeremy Fink. If anybody has any book suggestions....please feel free to comment.

2022-10-03 08:12