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THE AMULET OF SAMARKAND (2003)

Where it all began! The djinni Bartimaeus is summoned by an ambitious young magician, Nathaniel, and sent off across London to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the sinister Simon Lovelace. A whirlwind of espionage, murder and rebellion ensues.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

WINNER OF THE BOSTON GLOBE/HORN BOOK HONOR AWARD

WINNER OF LANCASHIRE CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

Shortlisted for: British Book Awards 2004;
WH Smith Teen Choice Award 2004; Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Award) 2005.

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US Hardback
Hyperion/Miramax
078681859X
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US Paperback
Hyperion/Miramax
076852550
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US Audio,
Listening Library
B004DPR6FK
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Ptolemy's Gate
UK Hardback
Doubleday
0385605994
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UK Paperback
Corgi
9780552562799
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UK Audio
RHCB Audio
9781856868075
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How Amulet began


Reviews

"Not since Gulliver's Travels has a children's writer managed to combine a thrilling tale of magic and adventure with such deliciously pointed comedy."
Amanda Craig, The Times

"The truly original touch is the way Stroud alternates Nathaniel's story with the djinni's own knowing and irascible first-person narrative."
Diana Wynne Jones, Guardian Review

"One of this year's most inventive and ingenious novels… Bartimaeus's voice is laugh-out-loud sassy, while Nathaniel's story has an engaging poignancy as he tries to prove himself in a world in which he has always been despised."
Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times

"What a delight… Jonathan Stroud's cracker … is pure enjoyment from beginning to end… Almost purely amoral, if not downright wicked, Bartimaeus manages to convey the benefits of thoughtfulness, politeness and kindness by glorying in their converse. A tonic for anyone age 12 and up."
Times Educational Supplement

"Drama, humour and hypnotically engaging storytelling"
Nicholas Tucker, Independent

   
 
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