num_pages: 259
description: Set in modern-day London, this first book in a gripping new trilogy introduces young magician's apprentice Nathaniel. Humiliated by a hotshot wizard, Nathaniel summons the not-so-tame djinni, Bartimaeus, and sends him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand. Accelerated Reading Level 5.9, 19 Points.
language: English
title: The Amulet of Samarkand
titlecomplete: The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus Trilogy, #1)
characters: Bartimaeus, Rupert Devereaux, Arthur Underwood, Faquarl, Simkin, Sholto Pinn, Kathleen "Kitty" Jones, Martha Underwood, Nathaniel, Jessica Whitwell, Stanley Hake, Simon Lovelace
genres: Magic, Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 126247
places: London, England
series: Bartimaeus
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award
category: Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
category: Jugendbuch
publisher: Hyperion Books for Children