Dale E Basye

After Marlo loses the War of the Words against her brother, she is whisked away to the deepest bowels of the underworld. Guilt-ridden, Milton agrees to work for Principal Bubb in hopes that he can locate his sister and somehow free her. But his nefarious mission-to "character assassinate" the reigning vice principal of Sadia: Where the Really Mean Kids Go-runs afoul when he learns the true identity of this mysterious individual. Meanwhile, Marlo wakes...

"Milton and Marlo Fauster are sent to the circle of Heck for kids who sass back, where the new vice principal, Lewis Carroll, has them debate in a War of the Words broadcast throughout the underworld, with a reward of heaven for the winner and the ultimate punishment, the real h-e-double-hockeysticks, for the loser"--

Eleven-year-old Milton Fauster puts aside his own escape plans to help his sister, Marlo, who is in training to be an underworld secretary, and his best friend, Virgil, who is stuck in the circle of Heck reserved for overweight children.

Dispatched to the circle of Heck for kids who sass back, Milton and Marlo confront equally snarky peers and are challenged to a competition that will send its winners to heaven, a battle that is complicated by Milton and Marlo's placement on opposing teams.

Eleven-year-old Milton and his older sister Marlo are led by the Glib Reaper to Camp Snivel, the level of Heck for whiners, but manage to escape, only to be caught and taken to the court of Judge Judas to testify at Satan's trial.