SOLVED. D(a)emon Messenger in YA Fiction

[Hannah]

Hello. I understand this group is for finding books you read but forgot the name of. Unfortunately, I am looking for a book I forgot the name of but only read the first page of. Hope this is okay. I read this page in either 2018 or 2019. I found it in the Children's Section of the library on Mulberry Street in NYC, NY. It was the first book on the first shelf in an alphabetised section, so it started with 'A' I remember the first page was about some demon or demon-like creature which was sending a scroll or message to someone (maybe a demon king? something of the sort). The book was written in a similar style to that of Philip Pullman's the Golden Compass (very descriptive, but still a children's/young adult book. The book was pretty long (longer than Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and A Wrinkle in Time, for reference), it seemed pretty thick and I remember the words being quite small. ChatGPT recommended "The Amulet of Samarkand" which is a possibility. If you can confirm/deny this, or suggest another book which matches my description, that would be great. Thank you!

[Robert]

You should be able to read the beginning of The Amulet of Samarkand, by Jonathan Stroud here:

https://read.amazon.co.uk/sample/B005...

[Valerie]

Were the books shelved by title or author? Author is more common, so perhaps the author's name starts with A?

[Hannah]

I found this book at a library completely by coincidence and it turns out it was The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge. Great book, would recommend it (although they were elves instead of demons).

[Kris]

Great! Glad you found your book, Hannah. Thanks for the update.

The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson