A few of the scenes take place in a school bus and one takes place in a Methodist church. Indeed, most of the action in this novel takes place in only two settings: the characters' homes and the school that they attend. Hell is described in a matter of fact way as a rather boring assembly-line, not unlike any familiar institution like a workplace or classroom. Hell is not portrayed as the typical flaming underground cavern overseen by cloven-footed demons with pitchforks and tails. Even the few descriptions of hell itself are nothing out of the ordinary.
Although the plot is "supernatural," there are no unusual or surreal scenes that would suggest an otherworldly or unrealistic setting. Repossessed takes place in a familiar landscape, an American suburb that should be familiar to any reader. This allows Kiriel to experience human life for the first time with all its sensations, ranging from joyous to depressing, poignant, and ordinary. To accomplish this, he "hijacks" the body of a suburban American teenager named Shaun Simmons, who had been accidentally killed in a traffic accident. Repossessed is an allegorical-type novel that describes what happens when Kiriel, a devil from hell, decides to take a break from his duties in the underworld and experience life on Earth for a few days. Jenkins was a high-school mathematics teacher before embarking on an award-winning career as a young adult novelist. Published in 2007, Repossessed is the fourth of seven novels written by Texas-based author Amanda M.
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