The Amulet of Samarkand

Author: Jonathan Stroud
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780606328135
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.

The Amulet of Samarkand

Author: Jonathan Stroud
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1423141466
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468

Book Description
Be careful what you wish for. Nathaniel is a magician's apprentice, taking his first lessons in the arts of magic. But when a devious hot-shot wizard named Simon Lovelace ruthlessly humiliates Nathaniel in front of his elders, Nathaniel decides to kick up his education a few notches and show Lovelace who's boss. With revenge on his mind, he summons the powerful djinni, Bartimaeus. But summoning Bartimaeus and controlling him are two different things entirely, and when Nathaniel sends the djinni out to steal Lovelace's greatest treasure, the Amulet of Samarkand, he finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion.

Ptolemy's Gate

Author: Jonathan Stroud
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1423141415
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 570

Book Description
In the third book of the series, Bartimaeus, Nathaniel, and Kitty must test the limits of this world, question the deepest parts of themselves -- and trust one another if they hope to survive. Includes a preview chapter from The Ring of Solomon, a Bartimaeus novel.

The Ring of Solomon

Author: Jonathan Stroud
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1423149564
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Book Description
Fans rejoice -- everyone's favorite wise-cracking djinni is back! Thousands of years before his fateful service to the magician Nathaniel in London, wily Bartimaeus served as djinni to hundreds of masters, from Babylon and Ancient Egypt to the modern Middle East. In this brilliant new installment in the best-selling series, history is revealed as readers travel alongside Bartimaeus to Jerusalem and the court of King Solomon for his most exciting adventure yet.

The Golem’s Eye

Author: Jonathan Stroud
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1423141504
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 627

Book Description
The second adventure in the Bartimaeus trilogy finds our young apprentice magician Nathaniel working his way up the ranks of the government, when crisis hits. A seemingly invulnerable clay golem is making random attacks on London. Nathaniel and the all-powerful, totally irreverent djinni, Bartimaeus, must travel to Prague to discover the source of the golem's power. In the ensuing chaos, readers will chase a dancing skeleton across London's skyline, encounter the horror of the dreaded Night Police, witness a daring kidnapping, and enter the Machiavellian world of the magician's government. Eventually, Nathaniel and Bartimaeus have to go head to head with the fearsome golem before the surprise identity of his master is finally revealed.

Bartimaeus 3-book boxed set

Author: Jonathan Stroud
Publisher: Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423136828
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Jonathan Stroud's critically-acclaimed and best-selling fantasy novels are sure to become classics. For the first time, readers can collect the complete trilogy in paperback, handsomely packaged and specially priced at $24.99.

The Compound

Author: S. A. Bodeen
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1429983833
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
S.A. Bodeen's The Compound is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. Eli and his family have lived in the Compound for six years. The world they knew is gone. Eli's father built the Compound to keep them safe. Now, they can't get out. He won't let them.

The Last Siege

Author: Jonathan Stroud
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446480305
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
When Emily, Simon and Marcus discover the deserted castle, it seems like an escape from the midwinter snows and their individual loneliness. But their occupation of the ruin quickly takes on a momentum of its own, and soon threatens their friendship, their freedom and their lives.

Buried Fire

Author: Jonathan Stroud
Publisher: Corgi Childrens
ISBN: 9780552573207
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
When Michael staggers home red-eyed from an afternoon alone on the hill, his brother and sister, can only guess that he has sunstroke. But as the terrifying truth is uncovered, they realize that powerful forces of evil are at large.

Heroes of the Valley

Author: Jonathan Stroud
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0552557935
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 402

Book Description
Halli loves the old stories from when the valley was a wild and dangerous place when the legendary heroes stood together to defeat the ancient enemy, the bloodthirsty Trows. Nowadays heroics seem a thing of the past. But when a practical joke rekindles an old blood feud, Halli spots a chance for a quest of his own.