Ptolemy's Gate

The conclusion to a charming middle-grade trilogy about a quick-witted demon named Bartimaeus, this book also depicts love and loss with an intensity and realism that resonates with readers of any age. I first read this book when I was about nine years old, eager to find out what would happen to the hilarious characters I’d loved so much in the first few books. I’ll never forget how hard I cried on that school bus home. I was just old enough to understand what that kind of loss would feel like, and still young enough to be moved by the… show more.

This is the final book in the Bartimaeus Trilogy, a series set in an alternate London where a ruling class of demon-summoning magicians lords it over the oppressed commoners. Nathaniel, a magician who has risen to prominence in the government, and Kitty, an enterprising commoner who once belonged to the Resistance, have a complicated history, but in this finale, they join forces to foil a faction of power-hungry magicians in their plot to take over the government. Ultimately, Nathaniel and Kitty seek to end the magicians’ subjugation of demons, but Nathaniel’s journey to understanding that this is the right… show more.