Heck, Dale E. Basye
Heck, Dale E. Basye
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Heck
Where the Bad Kids Go

Author: Dale E. Basye

Narrator: Bronson Pinchot

Unabridged: 6 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/09/2010

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

When Milton and Marlo Fauster die in a marshmallowbear explosion, they get sent straight to Heck, an otherworldly reform school. Milton can understand why his kleptomaniac sister is here, but Milton isor wasa model citizen. Has a mistake been made? Not according to Bea Elsa Bubb, the Principal of Darkness. She doesnt make mistakes. She personally sees to it that Heckwhether it be homeec class with Lizzie Borden, ethics with Richard Nixon, or gym with Blackbeard the pirateis 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?

About Dale E. Basye

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale on January 14, 2008

I had a lot of fun writing this book. It was very cathartic. I read the Advanced Reader Copy while I was immersed in the second book, and I was surprised that I still enjoyed it. Sure, there are things I would change now, but this experience—writing my first book—made me realize that one could very......more

Goodreads review by Susan on October 10, 2009

Brother & sister (Milton & Marlo Fauster) die in a freak accident and are condemed to eternal "darnation" as punishement for their earthly sins...a place tailor made for the sins of youth. I liked this book initially, for the imagniative writing and scaled-down paralells to Dante, but I came to think......more

Goodreads review by Wendi on July 21, 2017

Siblings Marlo and Milton die from a marshmallow accident and end up in Heck, a kind of reform school and holding place for kids under the age of 18. Marlo, supposedly, is deserving of Heck, but Milton is placed there due to a clerical error. There are lots of icky details as the two, joined soon by......more

Goodreads review by Amber ☾♥ on January 18, 2022

Hm. I think I would have enjoyed this if I read it at the age it’s intended for. A lot of puns and sarcastic humor that, while I didn’t find it very funny, would have hit the mark fairly close in my early teens. I probably won’t continue with this series but it was fun nonetheless.......more

Goodreads review by Sera on November 30, 2021

This was sooooo fun. It gave me a lot of Sally Face vibes. This isn’t a book to take seriously. It’s for laughs and an adventure. I can’t wait to read the others.......more