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 isÑor wasÑa model citizen. Has a mistake been made? Not according to Bea ÒElsaÓ Bubb, the Principal of Darkness. She doesnÕt make mistakes. She personally sees to it that HeckÑwhether it be home ec class with Lizzie Borden, ethics with Richard Nixon, or gym with Blackbeard the pirateÑis 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?

_ ÒThe authorÕ umpteen clever allusions . . . make this book truly sparkle.ÓÑPublishers Weekly, Starred