Johnny and the Dead

Johnny and the Dead is a 1993 fantasy children's novel by English author Terry Pratchett, the second of Pratchett's novels to feature the character Johnny Maxwell. The other novels in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy are Only You Can Save Mankind (1992) and Johnny and the Bomb (1996). In this story, Johnny sees and speaks with the spirits of those interred in his local cemetery and tries to help them when their home is threatened.