Description: After Milton and Marlo Fauster die in a marshmallow bear explosion, they are 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?

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Children's Literature Review: Meet Milton Fauster, an intelligent and for the most part innocent young man who finds himself in terrible circumstances, thanks to his outwardly greedy, rebellious, and conniving older sister Marlo. After a bizarre series of events at the Grizzly Mall--the Mall of Generica involving shoplifting, running from security guards, and an explosion caused by a bully named Damian--Milton and Marlo die and find themselves in Heck, the "…h-e-double-hockey-sticks for children…where the souls of the darned toil for all eternity--or until they turn eighteen, whichever comes first." Convinced that he has been misplaced, Milton challenges the Principal of Darkness and administrator of Heck, Bea "Elsa" Bubb, who determines to make things extra difficult for Milton in this hellacious limbo. As Milton and Marlo launch many elaborate escape attempts and Bea "Elsa" Bubb attempts to thwart their endeavors, they grow closer as brother and sister. Cultural allusions and familiar characters, such as Lizzie B...

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