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"One day, while taking a shortcut through an old cemetery, 12-year-old Johnny Maxwell discovers he can see the spirits of the dead, who are not happy about having their cemetery levelled to make space for an office building. As Johnny gets to know them, he finds out that there are several remarkable people spending their afterlife there and he decides that it is important to keep the cemetery intact for them. He becomes involved in trying to save it, taking on both the city council and the big corporation, which has bought the land. At the same time he tries to make the afterlife more pleasant for the spirits. His friends, of course, think he's crazy. Things become complicated when both the big corporation and the spirits take matters into their own hands."
Jóhanna, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 20%
Tone of book
- humorous or laughable
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION?
- fantasy story on current Earth
Inner Struggle
Yes
Plotlet:
- coping with mental/magical powers
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Takes place on Earth?
Yes
Style
Person?
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
scientific jargon? (SF only)
- none/very little science jargon needed
How much dialogue?
- significantly more dialog than descript
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