num_pages: 326
description: “The most magnificent fantasy series since The Lord of the Rings.” --The Oregonian Lost in a new world, Lyra finds Will--a boy on the run, a murderer--a worthy and welcome ally. For this is a world where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and witches share the skies with troops of angels. Each is searching--Lyra for the meaning of Dark Matter, Will for his missing father--but what they find instead is a deadly secret, a knife of untold power. And neither Lyra nor Will suspects how tightly their lives, their loves, their destinies are bound together . . . until they are split apart.  A #1 New York Times BestsellerA Newsweek Top 100 Book of All TimeAn Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel  “The story gallops with ferocious momentum.” --The New York Times Book Review “Pullman’s imagination soars. . . . A literary rollercoaster ride you won’t want to miss.” --The Boston Globe “Destined to become a classic.” --Detroit Free Press “The Subtle Knife is as absorbing and irresistible as The Golden Compass--and even more so, as powerful forces are set in motion. A brilliantly conceived work.” --Lloyd Alexander, author of the Prydain Chronicles, and Newbery Medalist for The High King
language: English
title: The Subtle Knife
titlecomplete: The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
characters: Hester, Lee Scoresby, Serafina Pekkala, Pantalaimon, Stanislaus Grumman, Mary Malone, Will Parry, Lyra Belacqua, Marisa Coulter
genres: Middle Grade, Audiobook, Young Adult, Childrens, Science Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Steampunk, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 426627
series: His Dark Materials
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Audie Award
category: Children's Titles Ages 8-12, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: North East Teenage Book Award
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf