Not too many people can see the deal (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 cemetary 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 that it was when they were...well...alive. Particularly if they break a few rules.Not too many people can see the deal (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 cemetary 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 that it was when they were...well...alive. Particularly if they break a few rules. Winner of Writer's Guild / Macallan Award Children's Book Category 1993. Short-listed for Carnegie Medal 1993.