Bedeviled: Daddy’s Little Angel by SHani Petroff

Petroff, Shani Bedeviled: Daddy’s Little Angel, 238 p. Grosset & Dunlap (Penguin), 2009. Content: G (except for talk of the devil and of hell). $6.99. Angel has lived all 12 years of her life without knowing her father. Now, on the eve of her 13th birthday, he has made an appearance: he’s the devil, ruler of the underworld, though he prefers to go by Lou (as in Lou Cipher). Angel’s New Age mom is trying to protect her from evil influence, but Angel finds that she may have use of dear old dad. And there isn’t any way she can avoid the emergence of her own special powers. How do you place a book about Hell that has a 12/13 year old as the main character? This trend towards devil fiction is interesting and at least most of the books have been light and satirical. MS – OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library-Teacher