num_pages: 522
description: There are worlds beyond our own - the Compass will show the way. This is the third novel in Philip Pullman's epic "His Dark Materials" trilogy. The first, "Northern Lights", is now the stunning motion picture "The Golden Compass", made by New Line Cinema and Scholastic Media. The terrible war foretold by the witches is coming. Will is the bearer of the subtle knife, the most powerful weapon in all the worlds, and must deliver it to Lord Asriel. But he faces his dangerous journey alone, for Lyra has disappeared.
language: English
title: The Amber Spyglass
titlecomplete: The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
characters: Serafina Pekkala, Stanislaus Grumman, Lyra Belacqua, Lee Scoresby, Lord Asriel, Roger Parslow, Marisa Coulter, Mary Malone, Pantalaimon, Will Parry, Iorek Byrnison
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Science Fiction Fantasy, Childrens, Fantasy, Audiobook, Steampunk
ratings_count: 352182
series: His Dark Materials
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Booker Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Whitbread Award
category: Children's Book of the Year and Book of the Year, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: British Book Award
category: Children's Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Audie Award
category: Children's Titles Ages 8-12, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA)
category: Older Readers
publisher: Scholastic UK