Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life is a stand-alone novel by Wendy Mass.

Synopsis
One month before his thirteenth birthday, Jeremy Fink is delivered a wooden box with four keyholes without any keys to open and the words, "THE MEANING OF LIFE: FOR JEREMY FINK TO OPEN ON HIS 13TH BIRTHDAY." Jeremy immediately recognizes the box as the work of his father, who died five years earlier in a car crash. Determined to open the box, Jeremy and his friend Lizzy set a goal to find the keys by the end of the summer so Jeremy can open the box on his thirteenth birthday and find out the Meaning of Life.