Series
Publication
Scholastic Point (1998), Edition: New edition, 416 pages
Description
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.
Awards
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Honor — 1999)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2007)
BCCB Blue Ribbon Book (1996)
Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 1999)
Iowa Teen Award (Nominee — 1999)
British Book Award (Winner — Children's Book — 1997)
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (Winner — 1996)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2005)
Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing (Nominee — 1995)
IBBY Honour Book (1998)
Isinglass Teen Read Award (Nominee — 2003)
Prix des Incorruptibles (Winner — 2000)
Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (64 — 2008)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1997)
501 Must-Read Books (Emma Beare, 2006) (Children's Fiction)
Read Aloud Indiana Book Award (Middle School — 1998)
Newsweek's Top 100 Books: The Meta-List (84 — 2009)
Notable Children's Book (1997)
Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years (No 3 — 2007)
Lexile
900L
Original language
English
Original publication date
1995
Subjects
Media reviews
As always, Pullman is a master at combining impeccable characterizations and seamless plotting, maintaining a crackling pace to create scene upon scene of almost unbearable tension. This glittering gem will leave readers of all ages eagerly awaiting the next installment of Lyra's adventures.
Physical description
416 p.; 5.08 inches
ISBN
0590660543 / 9780590660549