During his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.
Nathaniel, a young magician's apprentice, becomes caught in a web of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion, after he summons the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand from the powerful magician Simon Loveland.
As the wizard Questor Thews attempts to transform Abernathy from part dog back to a human form again, things go wrong. The High Lord Ben Holiday sets forth to Earth about the same time with Willow and it is up to the wizard to save them all.
The wizard Meeks traps Ben into returning to the Magic Kingdom where he casts a spell to switch their appearances, making Ben an outcast recognized only by his enemies.
When human magic is destroyed, familiars Aldwyn the cat, Skylar the blue jay, and Gilbert the tree frog set out without their wizards to seek the Crown of the Snow Leopard, the only object that can save the kingdom of Vastia from the evil hare Paksahara.
Retells the fairy tale "Swan Lake," in which a beautiful girl is turned into a swan by an evil wizard, and includes illustrations featuring Barbie as the heroine.
Wiglaf, a student at Dragon Slayers' Academy, is invited to spend a school holiday with his friend Erica at the Royal Palace, and he luckily brings along his pig Daisy who proves to be their only hope when a wizard's inept spell leaves King Ken able only to speak Pig Latin.
