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Author: Pullman, Philip, Wormell, Chris

Reading 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

 

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.

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