When Milton and Marlo Fauster die in a marshmallow-bear explosion, they get sent straight to Heck, an otherworldly reform school. Milton can understand why his kleptomaniac sister is here, but Milton is—or was—a model citizen. Has a mistake been made? Not according to Bea “Elsa” Bubb, the Principal of Darkness. She doesn’t make mistakes. She personally sees to it that Heck—whether it be home-ec class with Lizzie Borden, ethics with Richard Nixon, or gym with Blackbeard the pirate—is especially, well, heckish for the Fausters. Will Milton and Marlo find a way to escape? Or are they stuck here for all eternity, or until they turn eighteen, whichever comes first?
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"I was very surprised that I liked this book! It had witty humor but was not challenging writing. I did enjoy it though, and plan on reading the others. " — Nici (4 out of 5 stars)
"I was very surprised that I liked this book! It had witty humor but was not challenging writing. I did enjoy it though, and plan on reading the others. "
“Parents and readers…are in for a treat with Dale E. Basye’s very funny debut novel.”
“The author’s umpteen clever allusions…make this book truly sparkle.”
“Dale E. Basye has written a romp of a story.”
“Puns and allusions abound.”
" Laugh out loud funny! Characters are well written, you relate to them and cheer for them. Highly recommend. "
" I like to read some the books my kids are reading. This one was cute. We've bought the second book Rapacia, it is enough to make me want to read Dante. "
" To be fair, I didn't finish this book. I slogged my way through 150 pages but found it dull and disgusting. I would recommend this book to boys who like gross books. "
" I liked the concept and I like how they fit in Egyptian stuff in there. "
" This book is very interesting but definitely NOT my favorite... "
" Kinda cute. Not so great writing. Good for kids. "
" This started out great. A bratty older sister and her well-behaved younger brother die in a marshmallow bear explosion at the mall and get sent to heck. A great premise, interesting characters, but it lost its way by the end. "
" Brilliantly hilarious. Left me wanting more! "
" About kids being bad and stole things and felt bad about them self "
" Not as good as I anticipated "
" Perverted and disgusting in bad/try-too-hard ways. "
" Pretty cute young adult fiction with the same sort of sarcasm and tongue-in-cheek approach as Lemony Snicket, if he were mimicking Dante. "
Dale E. Basye has written stories, essays, and reviews for many publications and organizations. He was a film critic, winning several national journalism awards, and the publisher of an arts and entertainment newspaper called Tonic. He lives with his wife and son in Portland, Oregon.
Bronson Pinchot, Audible’s Narrator of the Year for 2010, has won Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Awards, AudioFile Earphones Awards, Audible’s Book of the Year Award, and Audie Awards for several audiobooks, including Matterhorn, Wise Blood, Occupied City, and The Learners. A magna cum laude graduate of Yale, he is an Emmy- and People’s Choice-nominated veteran of movies, television, and Broadway and West End shows. His performance of Malvolio in Twelfth Night was named the highlight of the entire two-year Kennedy Center Shakespeare Festival by the Washington Post. He attended the acting programs at Shakespeare & Company and Circle-in-the-Square, logged in well over 200 episodes of television, starred or costarred in a bouquet of films, plays, musicals, and Shakespeare on Broadway and in London, and developed a passion for Greek revival architecture.
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