R E K. (bigstone) - , reviewed on 2/10/2011 + 1438 more book reviews

What an action packed adventure! Lyra is the daughter of two highly ambitious and ruthless parents who are consumed with the mystery of "dust". Believing that she is an orphan watched over by her uncle and scholars, Lyra discovers the truth as her mother seeks to control her while kidnapping children and separating them from their daemons which usually kills both of them. Spawning efforts to rescue the children she makes many friends, all of whom she leaves behind when she follows her father into a parallel world to save "dust", which her father believes is harmful to humans. Lyra has a different idea. She thinks that it is essential to human life and hopes to preserve it, thereby setting the reader up for the sequel. A good read indeed for young and old.

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