Noël's reading ...The Amulet of Samarkand
Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand. YA/ STR and YA/ F/ STR/ TALK BOOK
Bartimaeus is an ancient, powerful, wisecracking djinni who has the misfortune, one day, of being summoned by Nathaniel, a 12-year-old magician-in-training. Nathaniel is a talented, though spoiled, impatient, and rude, magician – and the two of them antagonize each other through this gripping and highly entertaining story. Nathaniel commands Bartimaeus to steal the extraordinarily powerful Amulet of Samarkand in order to get revenge on a rival magician – but everything Nathaniel does backfires and lands him – and Bartimaeus – in far more trouble than he bargains for. You really root for Bartimaeus in this one! Book One of the Bartimaeus Trilogy. Medium difficult read, extremely well done narration by Simon Jones on 8 audiotapes. 462 pp.
Bartimaeus is an ancient, powerful, wisecracking djinni who has the misfortune, one day, of being summoned by Nathaniel, a 12-year-old magician-in-training. Nathaniel is a talented, though spoiled, impatient, and rude, magician – and the two of them antagonize each other through this gripping and highly entertaining story. Nathaniel commands Bartimaeus to steal the extraordinarily powerful Amulet of Samarkand in order to get revenge on a rival magician – but everything Nathaniel does backfires and lands him – and Bartimaeus – in far more trouble than he bargains for. You really root for Bartimaeus in this one! Book One of the Bartimaeus Trilogy. Medium difficult read, extremely well done narration by Simon Jones on 8 audiotapes. 462 pp.
