Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand. London: Corgi Books, 2004.
This is one the Bartimaeus trilogy of Stroud. One of the young magicians summons Bartimaeus, the evil, but lovable djinni through his magic. Nathaniel alias John Mandrake, is just a 12 year old apprentice, that too, of a not too good magician, Arthur Underwood. In his trials to summon a true Djinn, Nathaniel manages to summon Bartimaeus himself. He has already developed a rivalry with another magician, Simon Lovelace. Nathaniel employs a reluctant Bartimaeus to steal the amulet of Samarkand from Lovelace. What follows is a hilarious journey of the Djinni and his young captor.
