num_pages: 80
description: The world of Philip Pullmans internationally bestselling His Dark Materials saga is brought to visual life in book 1 of a three-volume graphic adaptation of The Golden Compass. Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College with her dmon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle Lord Asriel draws her to the heart of a terrible strugglea struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children and a mysterious substance known as Dust. As she hurtles toward danger in the cold far North Lyra never suspects the shocking she alone is destined to winor to losethis more-than-mortal battle. The stunning full-color art offers both new and returning readers a chance to experience the story of Lyra an ordinary girl with an extraordinary role to play in the fates of multiple worlds in an entirely new way. Superb . . . all-stops-out thrilling. The Washington Post
language: English
title: The Golden Compass Graphic Novel, Volume 1
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers