Johnny and the Bomb

First published in 1996 by Doubleday. It is the third and final novel in the Johnny Maxwell Trilogy.

The novel centres on a real event — the bombing of a street called Blackbury Mews during the Blitz in 1941 — in which a number of people were killed. Johnny and his friends must decide whether and how to intervene.

Yes — a BBC television adaptation was produced in 2006.

Yes. Johnny and the Bomb is the third and concluding novel of the trilogy. Pratchett did not write further Johnny Maxwell books.

Johnny and the Dead introduces a character (Kirsty) who returns here, and reading the trilogy in order is recommended, though each novel is largely self-contained.