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When Conor, a sixteen‑year‑old with a typical adolescent attitude, is run over by an ice‑cream truck, he awakens to the startling revelation that he has been condemned to Hell. Struggling to understand what he did to earn this fate, Conor must decide whether to accept a terrifying, individualized punishment or attempt to swap it for the more familiar—and potentially less dreadful—“torture” of popular music, romance, and video games. The story follows Conor’s journey through an unexpected afterlife, his attempts at redemption, and the absurd challenges of balancing teenage life with supernatural consequences.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Anthony McGowan
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