![]() ![]() Nathaniel, a magicians apprentice, summons up the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Lovelace. ![]() ![]() It reads fine, and looks splendid, and I have no problem recommending it. The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud, HBFC, 2003, Hyperion Books For Children edition, in English. It's a lengthy book, for it doesn't appear wordy yet contains a satisfying amount of bulk. With the look of this tome the standout, this is the best preteen-read-to-graphic-novel book I've yet seen, making it better than the Alex Rider, Charlie Higson young Bond, and even our co-adaptor's Artemis Fowl tie-ins. That and a whole lot more suggest this book is a faithful adaptation, cherishing the original and only making it more vivid. The whole artwork is superlative, with characters - human, magical or otherwise - simply and well defined. The colours are delicious - rich yet real, bright yet not busy, with realistic shading and other changes of tone. illustrated superbly in this graphic novel. ![]()
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