His Dark Materials: Northern Lights: 1

Synopsis

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. “without 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.