When British visitors Elle Winthrop and her daughter Elizabeth die near DFW Airport, they learnthere's life after death, and that Elle's mother is living in eternal damnation. In order to redeema Get Out of Hell Free card, they must return to Fort Worth and convince five people to do anextraordinarily good deed in Mama's name within thirty days. Only this time, Elle returns as Sylvester"Sly" Gooch, a twelve-year-old African-American juvenile delinquent with a colorful police history,while Elizabeth reappears as Adelaide Hollingsworth, a wealthy white octogenarian and muggingvictim -- and Sly's the prime robbery suspect. When Sly discards his ankle monitor, and Addiediscovers her family's scheme to take her money, the two must work together while dodging thepolice in a race against time.
