The Wish List by Eoin Colfer is about Meg, Belch and an old man named Lowrie. Meg, desperately trying to make her way in the world without her good-for-nothing stepfather unwillingly teams up with Belch (another good-for-nothing) to rob a stranger's house. Unfortunately, things go terrible wrong - Belch's pit bull bites Lowrie causing traumatic injury, Meg backs out of the plan, and Belch tries to stop her with a gun, unwittingly shooting a propane tank and causing the explosion that kills himself, Meg and the dog. On their way to the "beyond," Belch and the dog merge into one grotesque being while Meg ends up stuck in the tunnel, having equal "good" and "bad" in her soul. She can't go to Heaven and Hell desperately wants her. Meg has to go back to Earth to try to turn her color aura more blue than red so she can get into Heaven. She's sent to Lowrie to help him fulfill his four dying wishes. The Belch creature is sent back to Earth to stop her, thus causing her to end up in Hell.
This was a great book! It was a quick read with funny parts, adventure and excitement around every corner. I really liked the way St. Peter and Beelzebub were brought into the story and the creative ways the author described what happens when a soul arrives in the after-life. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a funny, yet adventurous story with twists and turns throughout.
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