Johnny and the Dead (Johnny Maxwell)

Pratchett, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552576778 ISBN 13: 9780552576772

Publisher: Corgi Childrens, 2018

From the legendary Terry Pratchett, the author of Discworld, the second instalment in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy

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Sell the cemetery?

Over their dead bodies . . .

Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learnt a thing or two from Johnny. They're not going to take it lying down . . . especially since it's Halloween tomorrow.

Besides, they're beginning to find that life is a lot more fun than it was when they were . . . well . . . alive. Particularly if they break a few rules . . .

Review:

"Entertaining fable" (Independent)

"Marvellous story . . . funny, poignant, angry, outrageous and moving . . . Terry Pratchett is simply the best there is" (Vector)

"A humorous book, full of puns and asides, wittily and skilfully written... a delight of a book for any fluent teenage reader" (School Librarian)

"A lovely, funny, witty, sometimes wise book, exciting and entertaining and always highly readable" (Junior Bookshelf)

"A funny, poignant story" (Write Away!)

Book Description:

The second hilarious fantasy novel about Johnny Maxwell from master storyteller Terry Pratchett.