Johnny and the Dead

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!

• Talking to Ghosts: Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell is the only person who can see the spirits of Blackbury’s old cemetery. The problem? They’ve got a lot to say.
• Unlikely Friends: Meet the cast of quirky characters from the afterlife: a stuffy Alderman, a communist who’s missed a few decades, and a suffragette who’s not about to be moved.
• British Humor: Filled with the laugh-out-loud wit and clever satire that only Sir Terry Pratchett can deliver, making big ideas about life and death wonderfully funny.
• Saving the Cemetery: When the town council decides to sell their historic home to developers, Johnny and his spectral pals must find a way to make the living listen before it’s too late.