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Plot Summary of The Wish List
"A young girl, Meg gets caught up in a robbery she didn't want to participate in. Her accomplice, while joking around, accidentally shoots a gas tank. Both characters die. Meg finds in the afterlife she is in limbo, both good and bad. She must travel back to earth to right her wrongs, and her accomplice is sent to earth from Hell to stop her."
Jennifer Tanis, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of The Wish List
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 20%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy story on current Earth
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Religious overtones? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - can fly - Invisibility - can read emotions
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - An "It".
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - Invisibility
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Dumb
Physique - average physique

Setting
Earth setting: - current (early 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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Eoin Colfer Resident Scholar Profiles

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