Only You Can Save Mankind
Terry Pratchett, Mark Beech
This is the first book in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy. 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.
Reviews
I found this book more difficult to get into compared to the other books I have read this summer.
Anonymous 28.08.2023
Gamingly good
Anonymous 30.07.2023
This had awesome twists and a very good space adventure! This book was for me and I enjoyed it very much
Anonymous 14.08.2022
This book is about a boy who saved an entire alien fleet via a video game that turns out to be real life.
Master Peanuts Supermarket 31.08.2021
My favourite character is Johnny and I love that it is about space.
Anonymous 28.07.2021
It is cool when they dream in their heads in the computer game which is called 'only you can save mankind!'
Anonymous 19.08.2020
this was a boring book i understood it very well but it just wasnt my type i would recommend this to someone who likes space
Anonymous 18.08.2020
I liked the aliens because they were funny. I like that its set in a dream world...well most of it anyway.
Anonymous 16.07.2020
I really liked this book; it was really enjoyable. I would love to read more Johnny Maxwell books, but they sound scary!
Anonymous 31.01.2020
The book is based on a boy named Johnny Maxwell who like any other boy loves video games. While playing one of the games his friend lend to him he sees something strange. The aliens he was attacking just disappeared and there were just blank stars. It was gone! But then Johnny encounters a visit from a real life alien who is the captain of the Screewee aliens. Now they depend on Johnny, Only he can save mankind. The main characters were Johnny, the captain and Johnny's friends. Although the book was written with a lot of humour, I didn't like it at all. The humour was funny but the book was boring. The characters I liked were Johnny and his friends as their conversations were very funny. I would like to recommend this book to everyone who loves alien stories and who love video games.
Anonymous 04.01.2020
An original idea! ever thought of a story about a dream that you are in a game but it actually is real? the starting can be confusing but later you will like it. oh and if you like aliens and space and fantasy and games or any of them, i'd recommend this book to you(even if you are not really interested in them i still do). the writing could have been better.
Anonymous 12.12.2019
in some parts, it was funny although this was not Terry Pratchett's best book
Anonymous 26.07.2019