His Dark Materials: Northern Lights
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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 alldie." 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 gift edition has a beautiful cover from celebrated illustrator, Melissa Castrillon.
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The book is very different from what I read normally but the concept and worldbuilding are very good to me. The language and writing style can be a tad difficult (at least to me, whose second language is english) and it can be a quite confusing sometimes to me. Some parts I've had to read double/again to really let it stick. That makes me question how this is apparently supposed to be a children's book? Anyway, I love Lyra a lot and her character is enjoyable. I like the other characters too and i'm curious to read the next book in this series
