num_pages: 548
description: Philip Pullman.His Dark Materials III: The Amber Spyglass. [London]: Scholastic, [2000]. First British edition.The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy. Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel, Dr. Mary Malone, and Iorek Byrnison the armored bear, come a host of new characters: the Mulefa, mysterious wheeled creatures with the power to see Dust; Gallivespian Lord Roke, a hand-high spymaster to Lord Asriel; and Metatron, a fierce and mighty angel. So, too, come startling revelations: the painful price Lyra must pay to walk through the land of the dead, the haunting power of Dr. Malone's amber spyglass, and the names of who will live - and who will die - for love. And all the while, war rages with the Kingdom of Heaven, a brutal battle that, in its shocking outcome, will uncover the secret of Dust. Philip Pullman deftly brings the cliff-hangers and mysteries of His Dark Materials to an earthshattering conclusion -- and confirms his fantasy trilogy as an undoubted and enduring classic.
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: David Fickling Books