The Story of the Amulet
core novel 1906 The Psammead Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.96 (4,653 ratings, collected 2026-10-24) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780349009483 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The third book in the Psammead trilogy, following Five Children and It and The Phoenix and the Carpet. Back in London, the children come across the Psammead again; they pool their pocket money to rescue it, and in gratitude it tells them to buy an amulet, or rather half an amulet. With its word of power the children travel through time to ancient lands in search of the missing half that will reunite their family; they see Julius Caesar in the flesh, but none of their adventures run smoothly, and if they forget the word of power or lose the amulet, what would happen to them? Neil Gaiman has said he loves the books, particularly the Five Children and It sequence.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Psammead Trilogy
- Series: The Psammead Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: E. Nesbit
Notes
- First published in 1906; the ISBN recorded is the Virago edition (pre-ISBN rule).
- From the series record (The Psammead Trilogy): Five children, a sand-fairy, a phoenix, a magic carpet and an amulet.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Psammead Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904)
Sources
- Library catalogue (series record and description)
- Wikipedia (Five Children and It)
- Virago (publisher description, via Toppsta)
- Puffin (publisher description, via Toppsta)
- Bookroo (author page)
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