The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials
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Some books improve with age--the age of the reader, that is. Such is certainly the case with Philip Pullman's heroic, at times heart-wrenching novel, The Golden Compass, a story ostensibly for children but one perhaps even better appreciated by adults. The protagonist of this complex fantasy is young Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Oxford University. But it quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford is not precisely like our own--nor is her world. For one thing, people there each have a personal daemon, the manifestation of their soul in animal form. For another, hers is a un
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Manufacturer: Yearling
Release date: 22 May 2001
ISBN-10 : 0440418321 | ISBN-13: 9780440418320
Release date: 22 May 2001
ISBN-10 : 0440418321 | ISBN-13: 9780440418320
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