The Amulet of Samarkand
/ Jonathan Stroud
- 1st ed.
- New York : Hyperion Books For Children , c2003
- 462 p. ; 22 cm.
- The Bartimaeus trilogy ; bk. 1 .
Nathaniel, a magician's apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace.