The Golem's Eye (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 2)

Jonathan Stroud enthralled fantasy lovers with his best-selling Bartimaeus trilogy. The Golem's Eye is the second installment of the Bartimaeus series and finds the 5,000-year-old djinni summoned by his master Nathaniel once again. Nathaniel, at 14-years-old, is now a part of the magicians' government, tasked with stopping the growing Resistance. But Nathaniel needs Bartimaeus' help to succeed. Meanwhile, a teenaged commoner named Kitty becomes an ally for the Resistance, and a fearsome golem begins destroying everything in its path, leaving Nathaniel and Bartimeaus to clean up after it."The story, which stands alone nicely, retains all of the strengths of Stroud's first installment and adds many more details to his already vivid fantasy world ..."-School Library Journal