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Stroud, Jonathan

The Amulet of Samarkand: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book One

462 pp. | Hyperion/Miramax | October, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-7868-1859-X $$17.95
(2) YA Through guile, teamwork, and dumb luck, a magician's apprentice and a "Spenser for Hire"-type djinni uncover and foil a coup attempt masterminded by a ruthless magician. The pace never slows in this wisecracking adventure, and Stroud has created a well-realized fantasy world, but it is the complementary main characters who will keep readers coming back for the rest of the projected trilogy.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2003

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