The Golden Compass
By: Philip Pullman.
Series: His dark materials; bk. 1
Publisher: Yearling
Published: 2001-05
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780440418320
First sentence: Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.
Description: Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
Notes: Prequel: Once upon a time in the North.
Sequel: The subtle knife.
"Movie photo inside!"
RL: 5.6.
009-012.
Carnegie Medal, 1995.