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  • I enjoyed this book. It was a book where you can't help but like the main character even though she hasn't made the best decisions in her life. I think it would be a good discussion book. I think students would be drawn in by the topic and not even realize that it may challenge their belief systems ... Continue

    I enjoyed this book. It was a book where you can't help but like the main character even though she hasn't made the best decisions in her life. I think it would be a good discussion book. I think students would be drawn in by the topic and not even realize that it may challenge their belief systems or reinforce what they already believe.

    

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• ― SheReads said on Mar 5, 2007 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • A girl dies in the process of committing a crime in which she tries to keep her partner from hurting an old man. So she's bad for committing the crime but good for trying to protect the old man. Should she go to heaven or hell? Well, she gets sent back down to earth to make amends. She has to do thi ... Continue

    A girl dies in the process of committing a crime in which she tries to keep her partner from hurting an old man. So she's bad for committing the crime but good for trying to protect the old man. Should she go to heaven or hell? Well, she gets sent back down to earth to make amends. She has to do this by helping the old man fulfill his list of things he wishes he had done -- like play ball in Yankee Stadium (or whichever stadium is in his town, I forget), kiss the girl he took out once and really liked, etc. Meanwhile, God and Satan are working to get her to their sides, and they have cell phones, computers, and holograms to work with.

    

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• ― Missmath144 said on Aug 31, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

From the author of the bestselling Artemis Fowl series comes a heartwarming tale of a young girl who is given a gift--the chance to right her wrongs, and discover the true meaning of life.

Meg Finn is in trouble. Unearthly trouble. Cast out of her own home by her stepfather after her mom's death, Meg is a wanderer, a troublemaker. But after her latest stunt, finding a place to sleep is the lead of her worries. Belch, Meg's partner in crime, has gotten her involved in an attempt to rob an old man's apartment, and things have gone horribly wrong. After an accidental explosion, both Meg and Belch's spirits are flung into limbo, and a race begins between the demonic and the divine to win Meg's soul.

Meg's not such a bad kid, but she hasn't exactly been an angel either, so the tally for her "good" and "evil" deeds are dead even. Her only chance for tipping the scales to salvation is by going back to earth and doing some good--specifically, helping Lowrie, the old guy she tried to rob. He's got a wish list of life regrets to be set right and only so much time to do it. But even if Meg can persuade Lowrie to get mixed up with her, she's going to have to deal with an even scarier, undead Belch who's definitely on the side of the Devil now.

With laughs and chills, THE WISH LIST is an exciting tale of life, death, and unexpected hereafter.

• humorousYAficaudioNovelFantasyYoung adultIrelandlife after deathbook clubjuvenile
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