Guest Blogger! Recommending the Bartimaeus Trilogy (Middle-Grade Fiction/Books for Teens)

The first book by our next guest blogger, Eve Yohalem, has just hit the bookstores.  It's a gripping middle-grade novel, Escape Under the Forever Sky.  It tells the story of an American girl who is kidnapped in Ethiopia.  Kids won't want to put down. I'm certain of it.  They'll be called for dinner and they won't go because they'll want to keep reading. All the while, they'll learn quite a lot about Ethiopia, but only interesting details and only in the most organic of ways. 

For more about Eve and ESCAPE UNDER THE FOREVER SKY, check out her website:  www.eveyohalem.com

And now, Eve's recommendation:    

Jonathan Stroud’s BARTIMAEUS trilogy. Sigh….They’re just so good.

Let me begin with the caveat that I am not a fantasy reader. To me, fantasy readers are people who read a staggering amount of fantasy—and nothing else. They can expound upon the differences between wizards and mages for hours before moving on to a nuanced analysis of necromancy in the Abhorsen triology. I read a fair amount of fantasy, but I read a lot of other stuff, too, and Stroud’s The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1), The Golem's Eye (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 2), and Ptolemy's Gate (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 3) are among my favorite books in any genre.

 

The books toggle between two protagonists: young Nathaniel, a gifted, arrogant, pig-headed magician-in training, and ancient Bartimaeus, the brilliant, scathing, hilarious djinn whom Nathaniel enslaves. Early in Amulet of Samarkand, Nathaniel is humiliated by an important magician. Revenge will require the services of a magical creature, and so Nathaniel teaches himself the spell that will summon Bartimaeus. But casting a difficult spell is one thing; controlling one of the most powerful djinns in history is another. The ongoing battle of wits between these two unforgettable characters and the deepening of their relationship is more than enough to engage me for three books. Add the political machinations of the magicians who rule Stroud’s dark version of modern day England and some heartstopping battles, chases, and criminal capers, and, trust me, you won’t be able to put these books down.

 

To return to Julie's website, click here:  www.juliesternberg.com/books.  And please feel free to post a comment about Eve's recommendation, or any others, and to add a recommendation of your own.

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