Johnny And The Bomb
Terry Pratchett
Johnny Maxwell – one of Pratchett’s very best characters in a story that takes place in both 1996 and 1941.
The story pivots about Mrs Tachyon and her shopping trolley filled with black bags as Johnny tries to save the lives of the people living in Paradise Street from being killed in a bombing raid in 1941.
It’s meant to be a ‘Young Adult’ book. I dunno, it just seems like a very good book to me. I can’t recommend the Johnny Maxwell books enough. It’s Pratchett at his best, set in a world that’s recognisably ours, proving that he doesn’t need to use the fantasy genre to write great fiction.
I can’t see how anyone couldn’t enjoy this book.