By: Phillip Pullman
Pages: 399
Publisher: Yearling
Genre: Fantasy, Coming-of-Age
Rating: A
Recommended to: Ages 11+
Lyra Belacqua roams the halls of Jordan College, her home, and rampages through the streets of Oxford with the other children and her daemon, Pantalaimon, or Pan. But when her uncle Lord Asriel arrives bringing the news of the mysterious, strange particle found in the Arctic, Dust, Lyra sets of on a journey filled with new friends, mystery, danger, Gobblers, witches, polar bears, dust, children, and daemons. With the remarkable ability to read the alethiometer, a device used for knowledge, Lyra is prepared, but will it be enough? For she is the one in the prophency destined to end this battle.
This book has a mysterious, other-worldy vibe to it that pulls you in and doesn't let go. Lyra is everything in a heroine; brave, kind, sweet, fearless, along with being innocent, oblivious and youthful. Her daemon, Pan, tries to lead Lyra to do what is right, but his youthfulness shows through. The villains are perfect; always changing and unknown. This is a truly remarkable book and left me clamoring for the sequel.
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