The Wish List | 
| Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
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Reading Level: Young Adult
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Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0439443369
EAN: 9780439443364
ASIN: 0439443369
Publication Date: July 1, 2004
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divMeg Finn is in a tough spot. Really tough. For her last act on Earth, she committed a crime - and lost her life as a result. Now Meg's spirit is stuck in limbo, due to a dead-even tally of good and evil deeds. Meg's only chance at salvation is to return to Earth and stack on a few more good deeds - namely, helping the old man whose apartment she was robbing during her last appearance. For better or worse, that man needs a lot of help. In fact, he has a whole list of wishes he wants to fill before he dies. And it's up to Meg to make those wishes come true - before her own time is up....br/div
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Meg Finn has led a miserable life. First, her mum died, saddling her with a useless, nasty stepfather. Then, angry and alone, Meg found herself committing acts of petty crime with dim-witted hood Belch Brennan. Finally, just as she was about to go straight to honor her sainted mums memory, Belch went and got them both killed as they attempted to rob crabby old Lowrie McCall. And if that wasnt bad enough, now St. Peter and Beelzebub cant decide which way Meg is supposed to go. She is one in a million: a soul perfectly balanced between good and evil. Now Megs got to go back and somehow tip the scales UP--the further, the better! To earn her wings, Megs been assigned to help the last person she tried to hurt (Lowrie McCall) who has a wish list of wrong choices that he wants to make right. But Beelzebub cant stand the thought of a bad soul going good. So he sends back the soul of powerfully stupid Belch, (who went straight down without stopping) to muck things up for Meg and Lowrie. But Megs got smarts on her side and more than just a few tricks up her insubstantial sleeve...p At times, best-selling author Eoin Colfers IWish List/I reads like a head-on collision between IDawsons Creek/I and ITouched by an Angel./I But rabid fans of the IArtemis Fowl/I books wont notice or care. This black comedy is sure to make every fantasy-reading teens Wish List. I--Jennifer Hubert/I
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 One of Colfer's best October 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a book I actually prefer to Colfer's Artemis Fowl series (which I never really got into). Maybe it's my obsession with death, but I always love reading a story about a dead person, and the star of this is as fun as they come. A girl is killed in an accident and is caught inbetween heaven or hell--not bad or good enough for either. So there is something of, well, a debate for her soul, and heaven will come if she can grant the final wishes of an old man. The relationship between the two characters is sweet and eventually turns into a father/daughter scenario, and the wishes are fun and touching--heck, some of them practically demand to be made into a movie. I also enjoyed the extra view of the almost-friendship between two representatives of Heaven and Hell. It's a sweet and practical view of the afterlife written with sure Colfer wry.
 A fun, easy read August 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the few books that I've read twice. This book is one of my personal favorites, its light, funny and fun.br /br /I enjoyed every minute of this book as did everyone I've lent it to. I can't wait to get it back so I can read it again.
A fun read January 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book, while not a heavy hitter, was a fun read with some poignant moments. Meg is a sympathetic character, and her path to (personal growth and) redemption is an enjoyable and significant process. Didn't drag, and had some interesting social commentary.
 disappointing December 14, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i had read artemis fowl and i expected the wish list to be just as good, but it was very disappointing. the devils are fun, but the main character isn't very likable. i didn't really care if she went to heaven or not. there was also this whole build-up about the horrible thing she did to her stepfather. i expected it to be twisted, but it wasn't that bad. it also seemed like the author avoided some big issues with her stepfather.
Heaven and Hell and a Soulfight November 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Before Artemis Fowl Colfer wrote a few books. This is one of them. It has a very Irish Christian view of the afterlife, the one handed down over the generations and seen on some films and tv shows. In the grand tradition of many of these it has the agents of the Devil and the agents of God fighting over a soul.br /br /At first glance you have to wonder why it is that Meg Finn wouldn't go to hell, after all she died in an explosion while her partner-in-crime, Belch Brenann and his pit bull Raptor, tried to threaten her, after breaking into an old guys house. As the story unfolds you discover that in fact this was her first venture into crime and she had been treated badly by her step-father, leading her down the path towards uncaring and crime.br /br /She has a chance to redeem herself, to bring her soul from balance between good and evil and commit to good. Help Lowrie McCall, the man they were trying to rob, fulfill his dreams. Lowrie and Meg go around Ireland to do this and find themselves learning more about themselves and about their lives that possibly they thought they would.br /br /It's not heavy, it is cliched, but I enjoyed it as a fantasy story.
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