Johnny and the Dead

Inspired by real events in the 1980s, when cemeteries were sold as building land. Johnny Maxwell can see the dead and when the cemetery is about to be sold, the dead want to put a stop to it. Johnny Maxwell helps them, trying to find a good reason to keep the cemetery as it is. But the dead don’t sit......more

I am obsessed with reading children's and young adult books written by talented authors who let themselves lose when they don't have to follow the rules of literature for adults. As Neil Gaiman contemplated, what even is a children's book? Is there even such a thing as literature for kids just as wel......more

There are certainly good things here. There is thought and care and humanity, maybe a bit too younger readers to get in fact. However there are a lot of smaller issues. The structure is odd, it spends a lot more time with the dead than your expecting rather than focusing on Johnny. It has less to say......more

Baš kako zakoni fizike nalažu,priča o Džoniju postaje sve bolja i bolja......more

I was packing up books to move and came across this one that I didn't know I had in my Pratchett collection and I don't have the others in the series. It looked cute and had ghosts, though, and it looked fun and short, so I gave it a try. It is very dated, with lots of early 90s pop culture referenc......more