Johnny and the Dead (Johnny Maxwell, #2)

No cover — Terry Pratchett: Johnny and the Dead (Johnny Maxwell, #2) (2006, HarperCollins)

213 pages

English language

Published May 29, 2006 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:: 978-0-06-054188-0

(1 review)

After twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell suddenly starts seeing and talking to ghosts, he and his friends become involved in a battle to save the local cemetery.

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Delia reviewed Johnny and the Dead (Johnny Maxwell, #2) by Terry Pratchett (The Johnny Maxwell trilogy -- 2)

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3 stars

Audiobook with nephew.
Not as compelling as only you can save mankind, but does well in terms of being a kids book that takes seriously that kids can understand big ideas.
Now quite dated, feels very 1990s with some awful clangers re: race/sex/sexuality.
The community meeting scene with the squash balls was epic on the audiobook.

Subjects

Ghosts -- Juvenile fiction
Cemeteries -- Juvenile fiction
England -- Juvenile fiction