Golden Compass 1 - Philip Pullman (Paperback)
Product Details
- Barcode
- 9780553523720
- Department
- Books
- Released
- 22 Sep 2015
- Supply Source
- UK
Book
- Subtitle
- The Golden Compass
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Random House Childrens Books
- Series
- His Dark Materials
- Language
- English
- Number of Pages
- 80
Annotation
A child of prophecy connects the disappearances of kids from her
alternate-universe Oxford to a mysterious substance known as Dust,
in a first installment of a three-part graphic adaptation of the
first book in the internationally best-selling series.
Simultaneous. Tween+
Summary
HIS DARK MATERIALS IS NOW AN HBO ORIGINAL SERIES
STARRING DAFNE KEEN, RUTH WILSON, JAMES McAVOY, AND LIN-MANUEL
MIRANDA!
The world of Philip Pullman&;s internationally bestselling His Dark Materials saga is brought to visual life in book 1 of a three-volume graphic adaptation of The Golden Compass.
Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her dæmon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle&;a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, and a mysterious substance known as Dust. As she hurtles toward danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she alone is destined to win&;or to lose&;this more-than-mortal battle.
The stunning full-color art offers both new and returning readers a chance to experience the story of Lyra, an ordinary girl with an extraordinary role to play in the fates of multiple worlds, in an entirely new way.
&;Superb . . . all-stops-out thrilling.&; &;The Washington Post
Don't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials!
** THE BOOK OF DUST **
La Belle Sauvage
The Secret Commonwealth
The world of Philip Pullman&;s internationally bestselling His Dark Materials saga is brought to visual life in book 1 of a three-volume graphic adaptation of The Golden Compass.
Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her dæmon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle&;a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, and a mysterious substance known as Dust. As she hurtles toward danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she alone is destined to win&;or to lose&;this more-than-mortal battle.
The stunning full-color art offers both new and returning readers a chance to experience the story of Lyra, an ordinary girl with an extraordinary role to play in the fates of multiple worlds, in an entirely new way.
&;Superb . . . all-stops-out thrilling.&; &;The Washington Post
Don't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials!
** THE BOOK OF DUST **
La Belle Sauvage
The Secret Commonwealth
Juvenile Fiction
- General Subject
- Juvenile Grades 4-6 Ages 9-11
- BISAC Subject 1
- Juvenile Fiction / Comics & Graphic Novels / General
- Dewey Classification
- FIC