This is an absolutely cracking whiz-bang of a story. Set in an unreality, that is actually scarily real, it plays with your mind and really, really makes you think! Johnny Maxwell loves video games, while shooting invading spaceships, he finds himself contacted by an alien race, suddenly the game is real, can Johnny save the day? This is as valid today, as when it was first written in the early 1990’s, though Terry Pratchett made some updates, along with an authors note in 2013.
He explains that Only You Can Save Mankind was written during the first Gulf War when TV computer games about war were in their infancy, the news was showing constant, sometimes even live updates about the war, and so the lines between pretend and real were become very blurred indeed. Terry Pratchett excels in setting questions about mankind for you to ponder without you realising it, all the while enjoying a wild fantastical ride.
No one else quite has his magical touch, his books are so witty, thoughtful and wise. Only You Can Save Mankind is the first in a quite spectacular trilogy and another must read from the the truly wonderful Terry Pratchett.
Johnny Maxwell is just an ordinary boy - not smart, popular or rich. But he does love video games. And as his parents argue themselves out of a marriage, Johnny plays at becoming humanity's' last hope, shooting invading aliens out of a pixelated sky.
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Johnny Maxwell is just an ordinary boy - not smart, popular or rich. But he does love video games.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Only You Can Save Mankind and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
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Only You Can Save Mankind was written by Terry Pratchett and published by Corgi Childrens an imprint of Random House Children's Publishers UK
Only You Can Save Mankind has 211 pages
Yes it is part of The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy series
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