- Golem, Magic, Magia, Apprentices
In their continuing adventures, magician's apprentice Nathaniel, now fourteen years old, and the djinni Bartimaeus travel to Prague to locate the source of a golem's power before it destroys London.
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Classical in form, resolved, contemporary and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Jonathan Stroud
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 576
- Publisher
- Miramax Books/Hyperion Books For Children, Hyperion Books for Children, Random House Children's Books
- Editions
- 30
- Language
- Dutch, German, rum, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9781423101154
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“At dusk, the enemy lit their campfires one by one, in greater profusion than on any night before.”
Jonathan Anthony Stroud (born 27 October 1970) is a British writer of fantasy fiction, best known for the Bartimaeus young adult sequence and Lockwood & Co. children's series. His books are typically set in an alternative history London with fantasy elements, and have received note for his satire, and use of magic to reflect themes of class struggle. The Bartimaeus sequence is the recipient of the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards. Stroud's works have also been featured on ALA Notable lists of books for children and young adults.
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