num_pages: 550
description: Lyra lies sleeping in a cave near a rainbow, drugged into unconsciousness by her mother, Mrs Coulter, whose love for her daughter closely rivals her own ruthless ambition. Now, the latter threatens to overcome the former, as she strives to prevent the events which are dependent on the decisions Lyra is fated to make.
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: 352175
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 Press