The Wish List

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• The Wish List By Eoin Colfer

  Meg Finn is dead, and she doesn't like it one bit! As a troubled teenager, she took her first steps onto a road of crime, and the results proved fatal. But now, on her way to the land of eternal flames, she has a stroke of luck. Saint Peter has disco ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

• The Wish List

  If you've read the two Artemis Fowl books that EOIN COLFER is currently best-known for, you might expect a book considerably different than his latest to come out, THE WISH LIST. The previous two had been described, in reference to the film, as ` Die ... (read full critics)

  asianreviewofbooks published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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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 6, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I enjoyed this fantasy about a young girl who learns about helping people. I especially liked the interactions between Meg and Lowrie and between St. Peter and Beezlebub.

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  krin5292 said on Mar 8, 2011 | 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 Sep 1, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 256 Pages
• Edition: 1st US
• ISBN-10: 0786818638
• ISBN-13: 9780786818631
• Publisher: Miramax
• Pub date: Oct 01, 2003
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 903 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages Libri Italiani

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