The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Like Harry
Potter & wizards on the rampages? Have we got a treat for you! Nathaniel
may be only a scrawny 11-year-old wizard’s apprentice but he’s got the magical
chops to summon a powerful 5,000-year-old Djinni! And control him.
The Djinni
is Bartimeus, he’s powerful, grumpy, saracastic and has seen it ALL. Like the
dad from “That ‘70s Show” there’s NO way he’s going to be the slave of some
punk apprentice! He’ll bide his time and wait for the boy to make a mistake—and
then he’ll take a bloody revenge!
But
Nathanial has other plans. He’s going to use Bartimeus to get revenge against
Simon Lovelace by stealing Simon’s magical amulet – the amulet of Samarkand. If
Simon Lovelace thinks Nathaniel is just another apprentice to be mocked and
embarrassed he can think again!
Unfortunately
for Bartimeus, Nathanial IS the Harry Potter of this dark, alternate world
where magic is as commonplace as science and the country is run by dark
wizards. Bartimeus is going to wait a LONG, LONG time before Nathanial makes a
mistake. And that’s lucky for Nathanial because he’s going to need all his
power AND Bartimeus – the amulet is no minor trinket – it’s power will attract
every dark wizard in London. If Nathanial and Bartimeus can’t work together,
they’ll both be destroyed.
Booktalk by
Kirsten Edwards & Jane Wheeler, Whatcom County Library System
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