In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world and all those beyond are threatened by the secret plans of Ms. Coulter. With the help of Lord Asriel and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest that celebrates friendship and courage against all odds.
year: 1995, 2001, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2003, 1999, 2006, 2008, 1996, 2015
call number/section: 1000, 6, 1
subjects: missing persons, experiments, fiction, kidnapping, fantasy, arctic regions, fiction, juvenile fiction, juvenile fiction, pullman, philip, fantasy fiction, witches, drama, compass, closed-captioning, human experimentation in psychology, alliances, juvenile drama, london (england), drama, mystery fiction, fantasy fiction
Editions
Pullman, Philip
Alfred A. Knopf (1995)
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.
Schools: 61
Pullman, Philip
Yearling (2001)
Eleven-year-old Lyra Belacqua journeys from her home at Oxford University to the frozen North on a quest to save kidnapped children from the evil Gobblers; and then rescue her father from the Panserbjorne, a race of mercenary polar bears who have taken him captive.
Schools: 10
Pullman, Philip
Ballantine Books (1997)
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.
Schools: 13
Pullman, Philip
Distributed by Random House (2002)
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.
Schools: 9
Pullman, Philip
Laurel-Leaf (2007)
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.
Schools: 11
Pullman, Philip
Laurel-Leaf Books (2003)
Living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College, Lyra hears rumors of a magical dust that supposedly possesses powers that can unite whole universes, and begins a difficult and dangerous journey to find it.
Schools: 0
Pullman, Philip
Econo-Clad Books (1999)
Schools: 0
Pullman, Philip
Alfred A. Knopf (2006)
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua set out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome.
Schools: 1
Pullman, Philip
New Line Home Entertainment (2008)
In a wondrous parallel world where witches soar the skies and Ice Bears rule the frozen North, one special girl is destined to hold the fate of the universe in her hands. When Lyra Belacqua becomes the keeper of the Golden Compass, she discovers that her world and all those beyond are threatened by the secret plans of Ms. Coulter. With the help of Lord Asriel and a group of unlikely allies ready to stand at her side, Lyra embarks on an extraordinary quest that celebrates friendship and courage against all odds.
Schools: 2
Pullman, Philip
Ballantine Books (1996)
Catapulted into the heart of a terrible struggle, Lyra was forced to seek aid from clans, gyptians, and formidable armored bears. And as she journeyed into unbelievable danger, she had not the faintest clue that she alone was destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle..
Schools: 3
Pullman, Philip
Schools: 0
Pullman, Philip
Schools: 0
Pullman, Philip
Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments.
Schools: 2
Pullman, Philip
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.
Schools: 12
Pullman, Philip
Alfred A. Knopf (2015)
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.
Schools: 1