Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    The Wish List
    Unavailable
    The Wish List
    Unavailable
    The Wish List
    Audiobook5 hours

    The Wish List

    Written by Eoin Colfer

    Narrated by James Wilby

    3.5/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    About this audiobook

    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.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateOct 14, 2003
    ISBN9780807218822
    Unavailable
    The Wish List
    Author

    Eoin Colfer

    Eoin Colfer is the New York Times bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series as well as two adult crime novels, Plugged, which was short-listed for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Screwed. He lives in Ireland with his wife and two children.

    More audiobooks from Eoin Colfer

    Related to The Wish List

    Related audiobooks

    YA Fantasy For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Critters For Life’s Jitters

      Mar 25, 2024

      by Bobby Palmer (Headline, $37.99) Bobby Palmer’s debut Isaac and the Egg, about a grief-paralysed widower whose life improves when he meets an ET-like creature, was a big hit. The British author’s second novel also has the flavour of a modern-day

      2 min read

    • Article

      Out Now! Home Entertainment

      Mar 5, 2020

      Even with her magical powers and the love of her family and the people of Arendelle, Queen Elsa finds herself feeling unsettled. After hearing a mysterious voice call out to her, Elsa, Anna and the gang, travel to the enchanted forests beyond their k

      1 min read

    • Article

      Hole New World

      May 30, 2019

      Here’s a short, sad game from Undertaleartist Temmie Chang (with lovely music by Toby Fox, to boot). You play as an unnamed girl who has developed a fear of leaving the house, an inconvenient phobia to have when both of her parents have gone missing,

      1 min read

    • Article

      Books Of The Month

      May 5, 2023

      By Alex Latimer The Fruits and the Vegetables are long-standing enemies – until secret friends Grape and Mushroom set off on a pilgrimage to the Wise Old Cheese. Can they find a way to bring peace to fruit bowl and veg drawer alike? A riot of verbal

      2 min read

    • Article

      Reviews Reader

      Aug 7, 2019

      BY AMBER LEE DODD Scholastic £6.99 REVIEW by Liza, age fourteen Amelia, the protagonist in Lightning Chase Me Home, is an intricately crafted character who shatters stigma about children with learning difficulties and empowers readers through

      3 min read

    • Article

      Cuckoo In The Nest

      Sep 5, 2021

      Cuckoo In The Nest
      3 min read

    • Article

      Children Will Listen: The Blakean World of ‘Into the Woods’

      Jun 21, 2023

      Like Sondheim, William Blake uncovered the darker elements of children’s literature. The post Children Will Listen: The Blakean World of ‘Into the Woods’ appeared first on The Millions.

      6 min read

    • Article

      Midnight’s Twins

      Jun 17, 2020

      RELEASED OUT NOW! 432 pages | Paperback/ebook Author Holly Race Publisher Hot Key Books At times this debut novel bursts with creativity: fitting, as much of it takes place in a world built from the imaginations of people who are asleep and dreaming.

      1 min read

    • Article

      Picks Of The Bunch

      Aug 15, 2022

      Picks Of The Bunch
      3 min read

    • Article

      Shield Maiden

      Jan 25, 2023

      ▸ RELEASED 2 FEBRUARY 416 pages | Hardback/ebook ▸ Author Sharon Emmerichs ▸ Publisher Head Of Zeus → For her debut novel, Sharon Emmerichs crafts an addendum to Beowulf, told from the perspective of Freyda, teenage daughter of Weohstan, lord of the

      1 min read

    • Article

      The Best Recent Crime And Thriller Writing – Review Roundup

      Aug 9, 2022

      The sense that there is something very wrong in Lily’s home begins right at the start of Ella King’s debut novel, Bad Fruit (HarperCollins, £14.99, pp320). There’s the shouting and the fighting and the unpleasantness between her parents, but it’s the

      3 min read

    • Article

      The City Of Stardust

      Jan 24, 2024

      ▸ RELEASED 25 JANUARY 340 pages | Hardback/ebook/audiobook ▸ Author Georgia Summers ▸ Publisher Hodderscape → Family curses, fallen angels, magical cities filled with scholars… there are a lot of fairy tale and fantasy tropes in this debut novel, and

      1 min read

    • Article

      Stream It!

      May 4, 2023

      Stream It!
      3 min read

    • Article

      Read It!

      Jul 16, 2022

      Read It!
      1 min read

    • Article

      Cads, Frauds & Cover-ups

      Mar 4, 2024

      by AJ Finn (HarperCollins, $36.99) This is the second thriller from AJ Finn; his first, Woman in the Window, was a bestseller. His backstory was a bestseller – until his stories about his brain cancer and his family’s fate turned out to be mostly bu

      2 min read

    • Article

      The Book Of Gothel

      Aug 10, 2022

      The Book Of Gothel
      1 min read

    • Article

      May’s BOOK CLUB

      Apr 1, 2021

      Handsome and charismatic, it’s no wonder Tom is a successful wellness guru. But could he also be a killer? That’s what Fran is determined to find out after her younger sister, Jenna, disappears during one of Tom’s retreats. Alternating between Jenna

      2 min read

    • Article

      Dark Blade

      Jul 17, 2019

      Dark Blade
      1 min read

    • Article

      Book CLUB

      Jan 3, 2023

      Book CLUB
      1 min read

    • Article

      Savage Love

      Sep 19, 2021

      Savage Love
      2 min read

    • Article

      Read!

      Jan 13, 2021

      When Imogen follows a silver moth through a door in a tree, she enters a magical kingdom. Unfortunately, she was also followed by her little sister. The pair are quickly swept up in a race against time. With the help of a prince, a bear, a hunter, an

      1 min read

    • Article

      August’s GREAT READS

      Jul 15, 2019

      August’s GREAT READS
      2 min read

    • Article

      Keepers Of The Keys

      Oct 6, 2021

      Keepers Of The Keys
      6 min read

    Reviews for The Wish List

    3.5/5

    507 ratings31 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 2/5
      I gave it 2 stars because I feel that I've read and watched this plot several times. I wasn't funny in any way and it was really boring. Compared to Artemis Fowl this was not engaging enough.
    • 5/5
      Fantastic!
    • 3/5
      Not my favorite Eion Colfer but a very interesting take on life after death and what it means to be good or evil.
    • 3/5
      A fun story, different, though just as enjoyable as Coifer's other works. A coming of eternity story for the young and the old proving once again, that those of us the middle are the natural, mutual enemy...
    • 4/5
      Summary: Meg isn't a bad person at heart, but she's done some pretty bad things. For example, she and another kid, Belch, are breaking into an old man's apartment (an activity about which Meg is having second thoughts) when she dies in a freak accident. But when she reaches the Other Side, there's a problem: her soul is perfectly balanced between good & evil, and so they can't decide whether to send her to Heaven or Hell. Meg must return to Earth as a ghost, and use her new lease on the afterlife to help someone - in her case, the same old man whose apartment she broke into - and he's got a very specific list about the life choices he'd like to rectify. But Hell's not going to let her soul escape their clutches without a fight...Review: Eoin Colfer's books are a reliable mix of zany, snarky, and sweet, and The Wish List is no exception. It's not often that a kids' book starts with its protagonist dying in a gas explosion, but Colfer somehow makes it work, and what could be a very serious story about sin and souls and second chances is lightened up by the constant stream of Colfer's humor. Even though a lot of the action involves following an old man around Ireland as he (with Meg's help) rights 50-year-old wrongs, there's still a madcap feeling to a lot of it that reminded me of the Artemis Fowl books. It's not the most morally complex book, and there are a few plot elements and running gags that didn't always work for me. But even though it didn't knock my socks off, it definitely had some nice moments, Meg & Lowrie's bickering made me laugh, and it was short and sweet and kept me entertained. 4 out of 5 stars.Recommendation: Recommended for those who are looking for books that take a slightly skewed perspective on the afterlife, or for a fun mid-grade/YA adventure featuring ghosts.
    • 4/5
      A short yet good read by the skilled Eoin Colfer, The Wish List is a story I've read many, many times, and every time I find I like it even more. Following the adventures of a girl named Meg: a troubled girl who finds her self -literally- taking a wrong turn, Colfer brings the reader to hell and back, all in search of redemption. With the same sort of anti-heroic good we found in Artemis Fowl, this book is sure to get fans of that series just as excited.
    • 5/5
      Outstanding and original. I listened to it on CD, which I highly recommend. Excellent performance.
    • 4/5
      Meg Finn is a 14-year-old girl, trapped at home with an abusive stepfather after her mother's death. She has been lured by 16-year-old thug Belch to burglarize an old man, Lowrie McCall. Things go awry and both are killed in the act. Belch's spirit goes straight to Hell, but Meg has tipped the scales dead even by trying to protect the old man from Raptor, Belch's pit bull. So, to determine her afterlife address, she is sent back to the old man as a spirit with a mission: to help him in whatever way he decides important during his remaining time on Earth. Satan wants the girl, so sends Belch back to gum up the works. I've read a few other books with similar plots, but Colfer brings his unique style and humor to this one, and it is certainly the most entertaining of the lot. There's also a final paragraph that succeeded in getting me all teary-eyed.
    • 4/5
      A good story. Easy to read and has a good message.
    • 4/5
      This is an interesting, (OK wacky) take on the after-life. Normally this type of book would not be my particular cup of orange soul-residue, but I'll admit that I didn't want to stop reading until the it was over. I liked how the author withheld the details of the terrible deeds that Meg had inflicted on her step-father until the end. This is a kinda-creepy, often- silly book that finishes with a cool blue twist that just makes you feel (surprisingly) good.
    • 4/5
      Very funny and clever book.
    • 3/5
      This YA book was a breath of fresh air, something completely different than I have read lately. It is the belief that was we do in this world will determine where we go in the next. It is not what we believe it is what we do that defines us. The Wish List, invokes that belief to enlighten us with a story of a girl that had made many wrong decisions in her life, but the one right before she dies might have saved her. Now can she continue on a angelic path so that she will be graced with her eternity in heaven, or will she make another bad decision that could send her to hell.
    • 4/5
      I listened to the audio book. Satan's character sounded like a cross between Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson. :)
    • 5/5
      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.
    • 4/5
      It took me awhile to warm up to this story, but ultimately I enjoyed the play of good and evil and the journey to come to terms with death.
    • 4/5
      A cleverly written story about girl trying to make it to heaven. There's nothing better than reading about Saint Peter and Beelzebub duking it out.
    • 4/5
      Enjoyable, fun short read
    • 5/5
      This book was an amazing read. I really do hope they make it into a movie. The begining is about a girl named Meg who did something wrong in her life which led to a bad time of stealing and myschief. She dies in a gun fire accident, but she's speacial, so when she dies she does not go to heaven, neither hell... she gets a second chance to make things right.
    • 4/5
      This was published a year before Artemis Fowl and was reprinted after Artemis became a great hit, for which I can't blame the publishers. It is a story about the Christian afterlife as propagated in story and tale in Ireland for centuries. It has a minion of the devil and a minon of God fighting for the control of a balanced soul. It is a well-used story, showing some age but I enjoyed it.On the face of it it's obvious that Meg Finn should go to hell. She was involved in a breakin on Lowrie McCall with Belch Brennan and his nasty pit bull Raptor, the outcome of which was Lowrie injured by the dog and Meg, Belch and Raptor dead, because Belch needed to prove his superiority and threaten Meg and accidentally blow them all to bits. When Meg arrives in the afterlife she's balanced between good and evil and gets a chance to go back and earn her way into heaven. She has to help Lowrie. Lowrie decides to make a wish list of things he wishes he had done, and the two of them go to it. Meanwhile Hell send Belch after her.It's light, predictable, fun and I enjoyed it as a fun diversion.
    • 4/5
      Meg Finn is in trouble. She's dead, but not at peace--she's in limbo, her good deeds perfectly balanced against her bad deeds; Heaven or Hell wait, a tip of the scale away. So she's back on Earth trying to tip the scale to the good by helping her last victim, and her former "partner" is also back, trying to force her to tip the scale to the bad.
    • 4/5
      WOW! Colfer proves that his wonderful honest and funny approach isn't limited to the Artemis series. If this delightful little trip into hell is a glimpse of things to come, please bring it on!
    • 3/5
      We read this book for our book club and I liked it but it wasn't really my style. I thought it was a bit predictable. But I did like that it was all about redemption and that there was a new fresh look at the whole concept of the afterlife. I really liked the relationship between Meg and Lowrie and I liked that the characters were very believable and well written.
    • 3/5
      Odd story. Sort of charming in spots, but mostly just odd. Not at all like the Artemis Fowl series, and to its detriment, I'm afraid.
    • 4/5
      While the Wish List has the same quirky characters as the Artemis Fowl series, the story didn't hold my attention as well. I found myself having to put the book down or go back to reread sections. The story turns direction and picks up speed at the Kissy Sissy chapter but somewhat to the determent of plot. Just suddenly the main character knows how her powers work. Then later the story stops dead in its tracks for some lengthy flashback chapters where a paragraph or two would have sufficed.
    • 3/5
      What if you were neither good or bad, but right in the middle? What would happen when you died?
    • 4/5
      Mr. Colfer sets the stage - girl must find a way to tip the balance if she wants to get to heaven. There are some entertaining characters and a growing attachment between Meg and Lowrie. The only part I found lacking was the idea that Meg was a delinquent. All the back story shows her doing very understandable things - not truly immoral things. But that might be a bit of nit-picking.
    • 4/5
      I found this to be a very engaging and well- written book, Colfer depicts the people and places with the utmost clarity. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a light hearted 1- 2 day read. Very good.
    • 4/5
      Funny, upbeat story about a girl who after dying, is half-way between spending eternity in heaven or hell. She gets another chance on earth to hopefully send her heaven ward. Funny and sweet.
    • 3/5
      Meg and Belch were doing a job. Meg and Belch. Sounded like some sort of comedy double act. But it wasn't. There was nothing funny about breaking into a pensioner's flat. Raptor was slobbering on Meg's boots. 'Do we really need the mutt?' she hissed, wiping her dripping boot in the flowerbed.
      Belch turned away from the window. Piggy eyes glared out from under gelled spikes of hair. 'Listen, Finn,' he whispered. 'Raptor is no mutt. He is a pure breed, from a long line.' Meg rolled her eyes. Belch returned to window-jimmying, worming the blade of the screwdriver between the frame and the sill.

      For the thousandth time, Meg Finn wondered what she was doing here. How had she sunk this far – skulking around the granny flats with a lowlife like Belch Brennan? Her reflection glared accusingly from the window pane. For a second she saw the ghost of her mother in that face. The same wide blue eyes, the same braided blonde hair, even the same frown wrinkles between her eyebrows. What would Mam think of this latest escapade? Meg's involuntary blush answered the question for her.

      Something slit in the window frame. 'We're in,' grunted Belch. 'Let's go.' Raptor scrabbled up the wall into the dark interior. He was the point-dog, sent in to check for hostiles. His orders were simple. Bite everything. If it screamed, it was hostile. The pit bull was not what you'd call a stealth canine and managed to barge into every stick of furniture on the ground floor.

      'Why don't we just ring the bell?' groaned Meg. 'Oh stop your whining, Finn,' snorted Belch. 'Old Lowrie is deaf as a post anyway. You could set off fireworks in there and he wouldn't stop snoring.' Belch hoisted his considerable bulk over the sill, exposing a drooping belly in the process. Meg shuddered. Disgusting.

      Her partner's face appeared from the darkness. 'Are you coming, Finn?' Meg paused. This was it. The line between bold and bad. The decision was hers....

      1 person found this helpful

    • 4/5
      I remember whipping right through this. It was that good. I was hooked.

      There's a good lesson at the end of this: Don't be an asshat.