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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 . . .



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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! *

Johnny and the Dead

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    A Paperback by Terry Pratchett, Mark Beech

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Published 10 May 2018
      ISBN-13 9780552576772
      978-0552576772
      ISBN-10 0552576778
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      Books by Terry Pratchett

      Description

      Book Synopsis

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

      ---------------------

      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 . . .



      Trade 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! *

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