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His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1)

by Philip Pullman

A journey north across worlds on the edge of change

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    Winner of the Carnegie Medal

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  • Bestseller

    #1 New York Times bestseller

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  • Editorial selection

    A Newsweek Top 100 Book of All Time

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A journey north across worlds on the edge of change

Lyra’s search for her kidnapped friend Roger leads into a world of animal familiars, witch clans, and armored bears. In the far North, her uncle Asriel is attempting to build a bridge to a parallel world, while Lyra’s effort to help those close to her brings competing loyalties into view. The novel combines an urgent rescue with a larger fantasy landscape shaped by questions of trust, allegiance, and the consequences of choosing sides. As the first book in His Dark Materials, it introduces the series’ world and its central conflict without resolving the wider story.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in epic fantasy adventures.
  • Readers who enjoy parallel-world settings and fantastical societies.
  • Readers looking for a series opener centered on friendship, loyalty, and difficult choices.

Themes

Friendship and loyaltyTrust and betrayalParallel worldsChoice and consequence

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Book overview

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "MARVELOUS."--The New Yorker - An Entertainment Weekly All-Time Greatest Novel - A Newsweek Top 100 Book of All Time - Winner of the Carnegie Medal - The Inspiration for the HBO Original Series His Dark Materials

DON'T MISS THE EPIC FINALE TO LYRA'S STORY: THE ROSE FIELD, AVAILABLE NOW!

Discover the modern fantasy classic that kicked off the epic trilogies His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust--a world where humans have animal familiars and parallel universes are within reach.

"Pullman is quite possibly a genius."--Newsweek

A war is brewing in Lyra's world between those who would keep people in ignorance and those willing to fight for freedom. Lyra is thrust into the middle of the conflict when her uncle Asriel comes to Oxford, fomenting rebellion, and when her best friend, Roger, suddenly disappears.

Lyra learns that Roger was kidnapped by a shadowy organization that is rumored to experiment on children. To find him, she will travel to the cold, far North, where armored bears and witch clans rule--and where Asriel is attempting to build a bridge to a parallel world.

What Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other--and that her actions will have consequences not just in her world, but in all the worlds beyond.

Look for the modern fantasy classics of HIS DARK MATERIALS:
The Golden Compass - The Subtle Knife - The Amber Spyglass

And Lyra's adventures continue in THE BOOK OF DUST:
La Belle Sauvage - The Secret Commonwealth - The Rose Field
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