Johnny and the Dead (The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy)

by Terry Pratchett

First published 1997

When 12-year-old Johnny starts seeing ghosts, he teams up with his ragtag friends to defend the local cemetery from greedy developers. As the spirits grow desperate to keep their final resting place, Johnny must find a way to give them a voice and stop the bulldozers before it's too late. In the end, Johnny learns that even the dead deserve a place to call home.

Genres: fiction, 20th-century, fantasy, ghost-stories, 21st-century

Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, whimsical

Tropes: found-family, underdog

224 pages · Paperback · Clarion Books

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