The Amulet of Samarkand: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One
By Jonathan Stroud
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. Followed by The Golem's Eye and Ptolemy's Gate.
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