Johnny and the Bomb vs Only You Can Save Mankind: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: English Young adult fiction, English Science fiction, Children's fiction, Fiction
Johnny and the Bomb
Thirteen-year-old Johnny Maxwell acquires the neighborhood homeless woman's shopping cart when she is injured and discovers that its contents have the ability to send him back in time from 1996 to 1941 England.
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Only You Can Save Mankind
Twelve-year-old Johnny endures tensions between his parents, watches television coverage of the Gulf War, and plays a computer game called Only You Can Save Mankind, in which he is increasingly drawn into the reality of…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Only You Can Save Mankind has the widest readership — 13955 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Johnny and the Bomb | Only You Can Save Mankind | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (8820) | 3.7 (13955) |
| Hardcover | 3.7 (53) | 3.6 (84) |
| Google Books | — | 1.0 (1) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (22) | 4.0 (45) |
Reception
| Johnny and the Bomb | Only You Can Save Mankind | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 8820 | 13955 |
| Editions | 31 | 33 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 3807 | 6105 |
| Reading it now | 119 | 394 |
| Written reviews | 326 | 674 |
| Wikipedia attention | 544 | 589 |
| Pages | 245 | 237 |