Author: Pullman, Philip, Wormell, Chris
Interest age: from c 11 years
Published on 19 October 2017 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom as part of 'the His Dark Materials' series.
Paperback | 448 pages
130 x 197 x 29 | 310g
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The first volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking HIS
DARK MATERIALS trilogy, now a thrilling, critically acclaimed
BBC/HBO television series.
First published in 1995, and acclaimed as a modern masterpiece,
this first book in the series won the UK's top awards for
children's literature.
'œWithout this child, we shall all die.'�
Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree
among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford.
The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands
of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight.
Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences
far beyond her own world'¦
This edition has a beautiful cover from celebrated artist,
Chris Wormell.
The first season of His Dark Materials: Northern
Lights, premiered on BBC1 in November 2019
The second season, The Subtle Knife, is
November 2020
The third season, The Amber Spyglass, is
yet to have a release date announced