Fun story of a low level devil that possesses a young teen boy whose life was very boring. It is fun and enlightening to see the world through the eyes of the demon who has never experienced such simple things as...ketchup...one of his absolute favorite things about being human! ( )

A demon named Kiriel is tired of his boring and useless job in Hell. He takes over the body of of a teenage boy named Shaun, seconds before he dies. Kiriel is out to experience everything, from simple the touch and smell of a dirty t-shirt and the taste of ketchup to all kinds of emotions, like lust, sex, and wrath. Kiriel knows he only has a short time until they notice he's not in hell where he is suppossed to be. Perphaps the creator himself will take an interested in his own small rebellion? ( )

Kiriel has spent millenia in hell and he needs some fresh air. Knowing that Shaun was about to get killed by a cement truck, Kiriel steals his body. As Shaun he's blown away by experiences from bathing to eating, especially ketchup. Though he really wants to experience all the seven daily sins, he winds up trying to leave an imprint, open a door for his non communicative, sullen brother Jason to break out of his shell; let his fantasy love Lane experience her own beauty and caution the school bully or "sower of pain" about the consequences of his antisocial behavior. Maybe the biggest thing Kiriel wants is to be noticed and missed by the Boss, the Creator. ( )

A fallen angel who reflects sins back to sinners in hell decides to steal a human body and see what being human is all about. While the plot had great opportunity to be an interesting read, I found myself bored with the characters and with little desire to read to the end. The demon character had almost no personality that I could relate with and the characters he interacted with were boring to me. I feel that this book could have been very entertaining but failed to meet my expectations. ( )

This was a quick easy read, and was pretty funny in parts, but overall it was just okay in my mind. I don't really see why it was a Printz Honor Book. There are some lessons to learn in the book, but they're really simple lessons such as be nice to your brother, appreciate the small things, etc. It was a bit funny to realize the demon improved the boys life while possessing him... since that's really not what I would have expected. Overall... it's just okay. ( )