The Amulet of Samarkand (A Bartimaeus Novel, 1)

By Jonathan Stroud and Andrew Donkin

Book Overview

A modern-day London run by magicians. A stolen amulet. A tale of intrigue, murder, and revenge. Nathaniel, an eleven-year-old magician-in-training, thinks he's ready to take on more challenging spells. With revenge against the proud and ambitious Simon Lovelace on his mind, he masters one of the toughest spells of all and summons Bartimaeus, a 5000-year-old djinni, to assist him. But summoning a djinni and controlling him are two different things entirely. When Nathaniel sends Bartimaeus to steal Lovelace's greatest treasure, the Amulet of Samarkand, he finds himself caught in a whirlwind of espionage, murder, and rebellion. Jonathan Stroud, along with acclaimed comic books-writer Andrew Donkin and artists Lee Sullivan and Nicolas Chapuis, turns the beloved and internationally best-selling first book in the Bartimaeus trilogy into a spellbinding graphic novel sure to excite and delight fans across all magical planes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1423111478
• ISBN13: 9781423111474
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9