I Want to Read It (74): The Afterlife Academy

I Want to Read It, a hybrid between WLW (or WOW) and what's on my to-be-read pile. Well, instead of focusing just on books I would like to acquire, I will be using it to feature books that I just want to read. From the ones, I want to buy to the one's sitting on my TBR at home.

The Afterlife Academy by Frank L. Cole, September 8, 2015. Published by Delacorte Press.

Walter Prairie knows how to deal with bullies. He just has to beat them to the punch. But he doesn't see the biggest hit of his life coming when he is struck dead by a bolt of lightning. Before Walter even knows what's happened, he is sent to a Categorizing office, fast-tracked through the Afterlife Academy, and assigned as a Guardian Agent to protect a High-Level Target.
Walter's HLT, Charlie Dewdle, isn't exactly the most popular kid in school. He's what you might call paranormally obsessed. When Charlie finds an ancient book with spells that can be used to open the Gateway for demons to wreak havoc on earth, it's up to him and Walter to fight an eclectic horde of enemies and protect humankind at all costs.
But saving the world isn't so easy. Especially when your protector doesn't know the first thing about the Underworld, bullies like Mo Horvath are trying to hunt you down, pretty and popular Melissa Bittner is suddenly talking to you, and your parents think you're going crazy.

Why

Having just finished reading Frank. L. Cole's newest middle-grade book, The World's Greatest Adventure Machine, I was curious to see what his previous books were about. Which is how I stumbled upon The Afterlife Academy on Goodreads; the bonus is that it sounds pretty interesting. 

While the write-up sounds a little kooky, it looks to be an entertaining, though light, adventure book! Personally, I'm really curious about how the author plans on pulling off the premise of this one; though I am willing to give it a chance because his other book was really quite good.