Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go

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 isorwasa 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 Heckwhether it be home ec class with Lizzie Borden, ethics with Richard Nixon, or gym with Blackbeard the pirateis especially, well,heckishfor 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? "The author' umpteen clever allusions . . . make this book truly sparkle."Publishers Weekly,Starred

Dale E. Basye lives with his wife and son in Portland, Oregon.


From the Hardcover edition.