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The golden compass /

Pullman, Philip, 1946-

The golden compass / Philip Pullman. - 399 pages ; 22 cm. - His dark materials ; bk. 1 .

Originally published as: Northern lights.

Wilson's Senior High School, November 2002. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2005. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), February 1997. School Library Journal, April 1996. Book Links (A.L.A.), April 2003. Library Journal Starred, February 1996. Booklist starred, March 1996. Pub Weekly, February 1996. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), April 1996. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.).

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.

7.1 5-8 930L Lexile Z Fountas

ISBN: 9780679879244 (trade) 0679879242 (trade) 9780375823459 9780593178553

LCCN: 95033397

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Missing persons--Experiments--Juvenile fiction.
Kidnapping--Juvenile fiction.
Missing persons--Experiments--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Fiction.
Fantasy.
Fantasy fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Arctic regions--Juvenile fiction.
Arctic regions--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fantasy fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.P968 / Go 1995

Dewey Class. No.: F PUL