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Northern Lights - The Golden Compass
The first book in the HIS DARK MATERIALS trilogy.
"Rarely if ever have readers been offered such a rich casket of wonders," Christina Hardyment, The Independant
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Blurb When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her dæmon, Pantalaimon, determine to find him. The ensuing quest leads them to the bleak splendour of the North, where armoured bears rule the ice and witch- queens fly through the frozen skies- and where a team of scientists is conducting experiments too horrible to be spoken about. Lyra overcomes these strange terrors, only to find something yet more perilous waiting for her- something with consequences which may even reach beyond the Northern Lights... |
Praises
"This is one of those books which one can hardly bear to close... astonishingly gripping and convincing," Lindsey Fraser, The Scotsman
"... beautifully written, shocking, moving, intellectually funny and displays the most magnificent invention," Jan Mark, Times Educational Supplement
"... the threads of fantasy, terror and grandiose follies are merged with unusual and mesmerising skill," Maureen Owen, The Times
Winner of the Carnegie Medal
Winner of the Guardian Award
