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| ProdID: 25 - The Wish ListWritten by:Eoin Colfer | Product Score: 9.8 |
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Meg Finn is in trouble. Unearthly trouble. A botched attempt to rob a pensioner's flat ends with a fatal gas explosion and puts Meg in a very sticky situation. Her soul is up for grabs as Heaven and Hell try every sneaky trick imaginable to claim it. Helping a lonely old man complete tasks on his wish list is her only chance. But even if she takes that chance, will she really have enough points to face up to St Peter? |
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The main character is Meg Flynn, an Irish girl whose Mother has passed away and whose Step-Father is pretty much an uncaring, lazy slob. She breaks into an old man's house with a small-time hood named Belch but things take a turn for the worse and Meg and Belch end up dying. On the way to heaven, it's discovered that Meg's soul is perfectly balanced between good and evil, so she's sent back to Earth to try and do one last good deed so that she can enter heaven. She is sent down to the man who's house she broke into and if she helps him complete his Wish List (things he regrets never doing), she gets to heaven. If she fails, it's to the other side. Satan and Beelzebub conspire against her by sending Belch's spirit to stop her from completing her task. As with his other books, Colfer doesn't talk down to his audience. The situations and characters are realistic and well presented. Like all of Colfer's books, the writing is snappy, witty, and well-edited. The book is suitable for children, but the clever editorializations (often masked as one-liners) kept me thinking. |
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Meg and Belch have done some despicable deeds at times, and this, Meg’s first break-in, ends up with both of them being killed in a freak accident. Belch goes to Hell, Meg…she has to help Lowrie complete his tasks to complete his life, to decide her fate. This book is a departure from Colfer’s usual science-fiction/fantasy genre, but is an indication of Colfer’s versatility as a writer, to produce a cast of very believable characters in a light-hearted romp around Ireland. I cannot rate Colfer’s books highly enough, and I think the acid test for any book, is if it can be read by young and old. I have been reading this book to my daughter, and have thoroughly recommended this book to my grandmother. Both love this book, and that is why you should read it too. |
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| Printed at 09:09:34pm on Tuesday 23rd April 2024 |
