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{{Book Data | {{Book Data | ||
|title= Johnny and the Dead | |title=Johnny and the Dead | ||
|cover= | |cover=[[File:JATD.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by John Avon]] | ||
[[File:JATD.jpg|thumb|240px|Cover art by John Avon]] | |date=1993 | ||
|date= 1993 | |publisher=Doubleday | ||
|publisher= Doubleday | |isbn=0-385-40301-1 | ||
|isbn= 0-385-40301-1 | |||
|pages= | |pages= | ||
|series= Johnny Maxwell Series | |series=Johnny Maxwell Series | ||
|characters= [[Johnny Maxwell]] | |characters=[[Johnny Maxwell]] | ||
|annotations= | |annotations= | ||
|notes= | |notes= | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Blurb== | |||
== Blurb == | |||
Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learned a thing or two from Johnny. They're not going to take it lying down... especially since it's Halloween tomorrow. | Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learned a thing or two from Johnny. They're not going to take it lying down... especially since it's Halloween tomorrow. | ||
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Johnny and the Dead was [[TV and Film:Johnny and the Dead|adapted for television]] by London Weekend Television in 1995. | Johnny and the Dead was [[TV and Film:Johnny and the Dead|adapted for television]] by London Weekend Television in 1995. | ||
The book was also adapted into a [[Theatre Adaptations| | The book was also adapted into a [[Theatre Adaptations|stage-play]] by [[Stephen Briggs]]. | ||
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| valign="top" | [[File:JATD.jpg|thumb|120px|First Edition Cover by John Avon]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD Kirby.jpg|thumb|120px|Cover by [[Josh Kirby]] (German)]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD Tape.jpg|thumb|140px|Audio Cassette]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD CD2.jpg|thumb|180px|Audio CD]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD DP.jpg|thumb|120px|Cover by Dan Panosian]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD BM.jpg|thumb|120px|Cover by Bill Mayer]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD TV.jpg|thumb|120px|TV Series Edition Cover]] | |||
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| valign="top" | [[File:JATD HS.jpg|thumb|120px|Cover by Henry Steadman]] | |||
| valign="top" | [[File:JATD Kidby.jpg|thumb|120px|Cover by [[Paul Kidby]]]] | |||
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{{series|series=Johnny Maxwell|before=Only You Can Save Mankind|after=Johnny and the Bomb}} | {{series|series=Johnny Maxwell|before=Only You Can Save Mankind|after=Johnny and the Bomb}} | ||
[[Category:Johnny Maxwell Series|Johnny and the Dead]] | [[Category:Johnny Maxwell Series|Johnny and the Dead]] | ||
[[Category:Children's books|Johnny and the Dead]] | [[Category:Children's books|Johnny and the Dead]] | ||
Revision as of 18:06, 8 June 2017
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| Co-author(s) | {{{coauthors}}} |
| Illustrator(s) | {{{illustrator}}} |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | 1993 |
| ISBN | 0-385-40301-1 |
| Pages | |
| RRP | {{{rrp}}} |
| Main characters | Johnny Maxwell |
| Series | Johnny Maxwell Series |
| Annotations | View |
| Notes | |
| All data relates to the first UK edition. | |
Blurb
Not many people can see the dead (not many would want to). Twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell can. And he's got bad news for them: the council want to sell the cemetery as a building site. But the dead have learned a thing or two from Johnny. They're not going to take it lying down... especially since it's Halloween tomorrow.
Besides, they're beginning to find that life is a lot more fun than it was when they were...well...alive. Particularly if they break a few rules...
Sell the cemetery? Over their dead bodies...
Lead Characters
The Dead
- Pvt. Tommy Atkins, last of the Blackbury Volunteers (the Pals)
- Alderman Thomas Bowler(1826-1906)
- Mr. Solomon Einstein, taxidermist and amateur physicist
- Mr. Addison Fletcher, an electronics engineer
- Mr. Eric Grimm (d.1927)
- Mrs. Sylvia Liberty (d.1914)Suffragette
- Mr. Ronald Newton (1878-1934)
- Mr. Sidney "Wrong Way" Roundway, footballing legend
- Comrade William Stickers a would have been Communist leader
- Mr. Antonio Vicente, magician and escapologist manqué
Living Characters
- Ronald Atterbury, a war hero
- Sergeant Comely, Blackbury Constabulary.
- Cllr. Ms. Ethel Liberty, a descendent.
- Jeremy the Thumb, a newspaper photographer
- Grandfather Maxwell, Johnny's grandparent
Supernatural Entities
Adaptations
Johnny and the Dead was adapted for television by London Weekend Television in 1995.
The book was also adapted into a stage-play by Stephen Briggs.
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