Skip to main content
PBS logo
 
 

Book Review of The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)
reviewed on + 6 more book reviews


Lyra Belacqua is conent to run wild among the scholard of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle....born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored bears. As she hurtles toward danger in the cold, far North, young Lyra never suspects the shocking truth; she is alone, is destined to win or lose, this more than mortal battle.