Blimpo: The Third Circle of Heck (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375856778)

With more clever, dark humor and zany silliness, Dale E. Basye sends Milton and Marlo Fauster back for thirds in another laugh-out-loud installment of the popular series Heck.

After his second escape from Bea "Elsa" Bubb, the Principal of Darkness, Milton Fauster makes his way to Blimpo--the circle of the otherworldly reform school, Heck, where he's sure his friend Virgil is sentenced. Virgil's only crime is being, well, plump. Milton has to wonder if that's really enough to justify eternal darnation. And what Milton finds in Blimpo horrifies him. The overweight dead kids spend most of their time running on giant human hamster wheels called DREADmills that detect and exploit their deepest fears. The rest they spend eating Hambone Hank's barbecue--mystery meat that is delicious, but suspiciously (to Milton, anyway) haunting. Every classroom has a huge TV screen showing happy thin people who taunt Blimpo residents with a perfection they will never attain.

Meanwhile, at her new job in the devil's Infernship program, Milton's sister, Marlo, knows all about trying to achieve perfection. And failing miserably. Can Milton get himself and Virgil out of Blimpo in time to rescue Marlo, too? Or is Fauster the next delicacy on Bea "Elsa" Bubb's menu?

Author: Dale E. Basye
ISBN-10: 0375856773
ISBN-13: 9780375856778
Publisher: Yearling Books
Language: English
Published: 04/26/2011
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 7.63h x 5.31w x 1.10d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 137836 / Blimpo: The Third Circle of Heck