The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Stroud, Jonathan

The Golem's Eye

562 pp. | Hyperion/Miramax | September, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-7868-1860-3 $17.95

(2) 4-6 Bartimaeus Trilogy series. This second book in the Bartimaeus Trilogy adds a new character to The Amulet of Samarkand's entertaining mix of power-hungry junior magician Nathaniel and supercilious djinni Bartimaeus: Kitty, a commoner and a member of the Resistance opposing the magicians' corrupt rule. The action never flags--with not one but two seemingly unstoppable villains to defeat--and the escalating intrigue among the three main characters bodes well for book three.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2004