num_pages: 416
description: TIMED FOR THE major motion picture release of The Golden Compass from New Line Cinema on December 7, 2007, here are three paperback editions, each featuring a movie tie-in cover and an 8-page insert of photos from the movie. The $150 million dollar film stars Nicole Kidman as Mrs. Coulter, Daniel Craig as Lord Asriel, Sam Elliott as Lee Scoresby, and newcomer Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra Belacqua. Philip Pullman's beloved classic tells the story of young Lyra Belacqua, content to run wild among the scholars in Jordan College with her daemon familiar always by her side. But the moment she hears hushed talk of Dust, an extraordinary particle, she's drawn to the heart of a terrible struggle - a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored bears.
language: English
title: The Golden Compass
titlecomplete: The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
characters: Lord Asriel, Lyra Belacqua, Billy Costa, John Faa, Roger Parslow, Farder Coram, Marisa Coulter, Iorek Byrnison, Serafina Pekkala, Lee Scoresby, Hester, Pantalaimon, Iofur Raknison
genres: Middle Grade, Audiobook, Childrens, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Steampunk, Fantasy, Classics, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 1487709
places: Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, Svalbard, Spitsbergen
series: His Dark Materials
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Audie Award
category: Children's Titles, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Carnegie Medal
publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc