Author: jonathanstroud
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 … 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…
From a New York Times bestselling author who is “genius at inventing an utterly believable world” (Rick Riordan): Three young ghost trappers spring into action when malevolent spirits run amok in London. “Smart as a whip, funny, witty” (School Library Journal).