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 aren’t 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…”
Sir Terry Pratchett, beloved and bestselling author of the Discworld fantasy series, 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!
Johnny Maxwell's new friends do 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?
Read more of Johnny Maxwell's adventures in Only You Can Save Mankind and Johnny and the Bomb!
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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 aren’t 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…”Sir Terry Pratchett, beloved and bestselling author of the Discworld fantasy series, 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!
Johnny Maxwell's new friends do 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?
Read more of Johnny Maxwell's adventures in Only You Can Save Mankind and Johnny and the Bomb!