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Terry Pratchett (Author)
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Publication Date: 29 April 2004 | Series: Johnny Maxwell (Book 2)

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 . . .

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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Corgi Childrens; New Ed edition (29 April 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0552551066
  • ISBN-13: 978-0552551069
  • Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 1.5 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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"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 )

"Entertaining fable" (Independent )

"A funny, poignant story" (Write Away! 20080501)

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The second hilarious fantasy novel about Johnny Maxwell from master storyteller Terry Pratchett.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Living it up with the dead 8 Jan 2006
By E. A Solinas HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
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Johnny and his band of quirky pals are back in "Johnny and the Dead," the second book of Terry Pratchett's "Johnny Maxwell" trilogy. Pratchett was surer this time around, endowing this hilarious sequel with quirkier dialogue and stories, and snappier writing.

Johnny Maxwell sees dead people. (Yes, like the little boy in "Sixth Sense.") For whatever reason, he sees the dead in their graveyard -- not really ghosts, but not alive either: a crabby former soldier, a distant relative of Einstein, a sprightly suffragette who died in a freak mishap, and a staunch Communist who STILL doesn't believe in life after death. All in all, they are a fairly harmless bunch.

But a massive, mercenary, progress-obsessed corporation has just bought the graveyard for fivepence, and it will soon be razed for new construction. The only people more dismayed than the living inhabitants of Blackbury are the dead ones. So as the dead break their bonds to "unlive," Johnny and his friends will try to save the graveyard from... a fate worse than death?

Yes, it's the sort of bizarre, slightly twisted plot that only Terry Pratchett could cook up, and then pull off. And yes, the same could be said of "Only You Can Save Mankind." But by the time he wrote this -- pre-Discworld -- Pratchett had obviously grown into his skills.

In particular, the Big Message in this book is more subtle -- that money and progress aren't worth anything if they destroy the past. Despite that heavy moral, the handling of it is light and entertatining, such as when the dead Communist calls up a radio talk show host and speaks frankly about being "vertically challenged."

Despite half a dozen amusing dead people, the star of the piece is Johnny himself -- smart, quiet unless he has a reason to speak out, and inexplicably able to see the dead. He also plays straight man to the quirkier pals, like peculiar Wobbler, intellectual Yo-less, and perpetually hungry Bigmac. Although you'll need to have read "Mankind" to know who they are.

"Johnny and the Dead" is not just a sequel that surpasses the first book of this trilogy, but probably the best pre-Discworld work that Pratchett did. Funny, twisted and very well-done.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Johnny and the Dead: A Johnny Maxwell story 20 Mar 2013
By Ned Ludgate
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I bought this because I am an avid Terry Pratchett fan and whilst I own all of the Discworld novels I have now bought all of his other books.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good Terry Pratchett read. 1 Feb 2013
By C.B.Pedlar
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I enjoyed this book as I have all of T.P,s books. I normally read the disc world books and was unsure about this one but, having read this one I will certainly be reading the rest in this series..
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