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Violence
Some
Magical combat; golem destruction; some deaths; age-appropriate for YA
Language
Barely any
Clean language; Bartimaeus's footnotes remain the highlight
Sexual Content
Barely any
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Some
The weight of ambition and the cost of compromise
What this book is about
The second Bartimaeus novel follows Nathaniel as a young government magician investigating a golem destroying London, while Bartimaeus becomes entangled with a resistance group. Jonathan Stroud's sequence continues with its mix of political satire, magical action, and the wonderfully complicated djinni-human relationship.
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