Johnny and the Dead
No. of pages 224
Published: 2010
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This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book features in the following series: Galaxy Children's Large Print, The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy .
This book has been graded for interest at 9-11 years.
There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by Penguin Random House Children's UK .
Terry Pratchett's previous children's titles include Truckers, Diggers, Wings, Only You Can Save Mankind, Johnny and the Dead (which was successfully televised) and Johny and the Bomb, which won a Smarties Prize Silver Medal and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. He lives in Wiltshire
This book has been nominated for the following awards:
Writer's Guild Award
This book was recognised by the Writer's Guild Award.
Carnegie Medal
This book was recognised by the Carnegie Award. The CILIP Carnegie Medal is awarded by children’s librarians for an outstanding book written in English for children and young people.
"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 *
"Entertaining fable" * Independent *
"A funny, poignant story" * Write Away! *
