The amulet of samarkand (The Amulet of Samarkand - Jonathan Stroud)

Member Name: blackkid

Product:	The Amulet of Samarkand - Jonathan Stroud
Date:	11/03/06 (233 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: good for teenagers

Disadvantages: you can't put it down

The amulet of samarkand is a great read for teenagers. Basically it is present time and set in normal london but about half of the city are magicians who can cunjure up imps and demons. A boy called Nathaniel is brought up as a magician but he is very eager to learn and goes of to read the books himself. By the age of thirteen he already knows how to conjure creatures and he calls upon bartimeus just as a test. He knows a man call Simon Lovelace so he tells Bartimeus to take a precious item from Lovelaces house. Bartimeus finds it hard but in the end he returns with the amulet of samarkand... This book can be bought from almost any bookshop or online.

Summary: Nathaniel conjures bartimeus to steal the amulet