La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman

La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One by Philip Pullman

Winner - Author of the Year, British Book Awards Philip Pullman's magnificent bestseller now in paperback, with new additional illustrations. A coming of age story like no other . . . Malcolm Polstead's Oxford life has been one of routine, ordinary even. He is happiest playing with his daemon, Asta, in their canoe, La Belle Sauvage. But now as the rain builds, the world around Malcolm and Asta is, it seems, set to become increasingly far from ordinary. Finding himself linked to a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm is forced to undertake the challenge of his life and to make a dangerous journey that will change him and Lyra for ever . . .

Fans of His Dark Materials will find themselves joyfully immersed in a familiar world. . meanwhile, awaiting first-time readers is all the pleasure of commencing their own journey into this most captivating of universes at the very beginning of Lyra's story * Independent *
A rich, imaginative, vividly characterised rite-of-passage tale * Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times *
High-octane adventure accompanies ingenious plotting * The Times *

Philip Pullman was born in Norwich and educated in England, Zimbabwe, Australia and Wales. He studied English at Exeter College, Oxford.

His first children's book, Count Karlstein, was published in 1982. To date, he has published thirty-three books, read by children and adults alike. His most famous work is the His Dark Materials trilogy. These books have been honoured by several prizes including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Book Prize, and (for The Amber Spyglass) the Whitbread Book of the Year Award - the first time that prize had been given to a children's book. Pullman has received numerous other awards, including the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Astrid Lindgren Award. He was knighted in the 2019 New Year's Honours List for Services to Literature.

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ISBN 13	9780241365854
ISBN 10	0241365856
Title	La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One
Author	Philip Pullman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published	2018-09-06
Number of pages	592
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.