His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) by Philip Pullman

His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1) by Philip Pullman

The modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an "All-Time Greatest Novel" and Newsweek hailed as a "Top 100 Book of All Time." Philip Pullman takes readers to a world where humans have animal familiars and where parallel universes are within reach.

Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world.

Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is Lyra: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want.

But what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other...

A masterwork of storytelling and suspense, Philip Pullman's award-winning The Golden Compass is the first in the His Dark Materials series, which continues with The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.

A #1 New York Times Bestseller
Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction
Published in 40 Countries

"Arguably the best juvenile fantasy novel of the past twenty years." --The Washington Post

"Very grand indeed." --The New York Times

"Pullman is quite possibly a genius." --Newsweek

Don't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials!
** THE BOOK OF DUST **
La Belle Sauvage
The Secret Commonwealth

PHILIP PULLMAN is one of today's most well-known authors. He is most known for the His Dark Materials trilogy, which was rated one of Newsweek's top 100 books of all time and one of Entertainment Weekly's all-time greatest novels. In the 2019 New Year's Honours, Pullman was knighted for his contributions to literature. Pullman's highly awaited return to the universe of His Dark Materials, The Book of Dust, will be a three-part novel. The Hidden Commonwealth continues the story that began with La Belle Sauvage.

Philip Pullman is the author of a number of other well-known works. I Was a Rat! is a book for younger kids. Sally Lockhart's quartet (The Ruby in the Smoke, The Shadow in the North, The Tiger in the Well, and The Tin Princess), The White Mercedes, and The Broken Bridge are recommended for adult readers. Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm is his great compilation, while Dmon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling is a collection of his essays and lectures on writing and storytelling.

Philip Pullman is an English author who lives in Oxford.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780679879244
ISBN 10	0679879242
Title	His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1)
Author	Philip Pullman
Series	His Dark Materials
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Year published	1996-04-16
Number of pages	416
Prizes	Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults 1997, Winner of ALA Notable Children's Book 1997, Winner of Carnegie Medal 1996, Winner of Maine Student Book Award 1997, Winner of Texas Lonestar Reading List 1999, Winner of TimeOutNewYorkKids.com 50 Best Books for Kids 2012, Short-listed for Massachusetts Children's Book Award 1998, Nominated for American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Award - Children 1997
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