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Article: Colfer, Eoin. The wish list.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
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- Kliatt
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- September 1, 2004
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COLFER, Eoin. The wish list. Scholastic. 252p. c2000. 0-439-44336-9. $6.99. JS*
To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2004: When a nasty teenage boy named Belch and his even nastier dog Raptor involve 14-year-old Meg in the attempted robbery of an old man, an unexpected explosion occurs. Meg, Belch, and Raptor are blown up and their souls are flung out of their bodies. Belch and Raptor somehow meld into one creature and wind up as a minion of Satan, but Meg's soul ends up in limbo, with Saint Peter and the Devil vying for it. Meg is given a last chance at salvation: she is sent back to Earth to help the man she had tried to rob. Old Lowrie ...