Johnny and the dead

Name: Johnny and the dead
Rating: 4.4 (5 reviews)
Author: Terry Pratchett
ISBN: 9780060541880

by Terry Pratchett

4.4

(5 ratings)

224 pages2006HarperCollinsISBN 9780060541880

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About this book

"Post-life citizens Breath challenged Vertically disadvantaged (buried, not short)" Johnny Maxwell's new friends not appreciate the term "ghosts," but they are, well, "dead," The town council wants to sell the cemetery, and its inhabitants aren't about to take that lying down! Johnny is the only one who can see them, and and the previously alive need his help to save their home and their history. Johnny didn't mean to become the voice for the lifeless, but if he doesn't speak up, who will? In Johnny Maxwell's second adventure, Carnegie Medalist Terry Pratchett explores the bonds between the living and the dead and proves that it's never too late to have the time of your life -- even if it is your afterlife!

Publication Details

Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2006
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9780060541880
Language: en

About Terry Pratchett

Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, was an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Pratchett's first novel, *The Carpet People*, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (*The Colour of Magic*) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average. Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s, and as of December 2007 had sold more than 55 million books worldwide, with translations made into 36 languages. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read non-US author in the US. In 2001 he won the Carnegie Medal for his young adult novel *The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents*.