Publisher's Synopsis

 

"Remarkable writing: courageous and dangerous as the best art should be." The Times

"Only Rankin can light and photograph faces with such intensity and drama. I'm delighted with this vision of my story." Philip Pullman

The first volume in the ground-breaking His Dark Materials trilogy, now with a breath-taking new cover creatively directed and photographed by the legendary Rankin.

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...

 

  • Rankin's lens has exquisitely captured the bond between character and daemon; the soul of the stories
  • The His Dark Materials trilogy is award-winning, internationally bestselling and a modern classic.
  • Now a major BBC/HBO television series, with an all-star cast of Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, Anne-Marie Duff and Lin-Manuel Miranda

 

About the Publisher

Scholastic

Scholastic

Scholastic is an award-winning publisher of original children's books. Scholastic publishes more than 600 new hardcover, paperback, and novelty books each year. The list includes the phenomenally successful publishing properties Harry Potter? and Captain Underpants?, the beloved series Clifford The Big Red Dog?, Goosebumps?, The 39 Clues?, I Spy?, Bone, The Magic School Bus?, Fly Guy, Geronimo Stilton, and The Hunger Games trilogy.

Book information

ISBN: 9780702311413
Publisher: Scholastic
Imprint: Scholastic
Pub date:
Edition: Reprint
DEWEY: 823.92
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 397
Weight: 406g
Height: 132mm
Width: 197mm
Spine width: 36mm