<P> At school, Greg begins to fall back in his studies and soon comes close to failing all of his subjects . He is pressured by his parents to seriously apply to a college, but Greg is unsure of which one to choose . He discusses it with Rachel, who tells him that he should apply to a film school . Meanwhile, word gets around Benson High that Greg and Rachel have become close . Madison Hartner, Greg's long - time crush, comes to hear of his films from Rachel and persuades him to make a movie for Rachel . Greg and Earl come up with different ideas (including documentary footage, confessionals, and puppetry), and the end result, entitled Rachel the Film, is a mashup of everything they try out . To Greg's horror, the film is shown to the entire school during an assembly . Upset by this, Greg stops going to school altogether and scratches all the DVDs of his films . </P> <P> A few days after the screening, Rachel dies . Greg goes to Earl to talk about it and finds out that he too destroyed his copies of their movies, and is done with film - making for good . Greg tells him that he would be applying to film school instead of college . Earl is opposed to this, saying that Rachel's death shouldn't be affecting his future plans . </P> <P> In the epilogue, Greg reveals that he wrote the book as an explanation to his prospective college, the University of Pittsburgh, about why he fell back on schoolwork during his last school year . After his conversation with Earl, he had decided to retire from film - making, but on writing down his experience, decides that he shouldn't . He realizes that he was always unhappy because he was trying to be someone he wasn't, but was content when he was just himself . He makes up his mind to apply to film school within the next six months . The book ends with him wondering if he should put Rachel in his next film . </P> <P> The book has a 3.6 / 5 rating on Goodreads and 4 / 5 rating on the Barnes & Noble website . </P>

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