November 18 at 6:30, we'll be meeting to discuss the fantastic fiction of Jonathan Stroud! At least, we'll be talking about Book One of the Bartimaeus Trilogy, The Amulet of Samarkand.
When he was five years old, Nathaniel's parents gave him to the British government to raise as a magician, someone who would eventually rise to a government career and take his place as part of Britain's ruling class. When an adult magician humiliates him in public, Nathaniel enacts a revenge that uncovers a serious and dangerous conspiracy.
Some of my favorite fantasy fiction has been coming out of the Juvenile and Young Adult collections, lately, and I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of Bartimaeus!
