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His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass (Book 1)

by Philip Pullman

Age band: 8+

Looky Rating System: Violence 3/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 1/5, Language 0/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 3/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 5/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5.

Description

The modern fantasy classic that Entertainment Weekly named an “All-Time Greatest Novel” and Newsweek hailed as a “Top 100 Book of All Time.” Philip Pullman takes readers to a world where humans have animal familiars and where parallel universes are within reach.Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger.