<b>The modern fantasy classic that <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> named an “All-Time Greatest Novel” and <i>Newsweek </i>hailed as a “Top 100 Book of All Time.” Philip Pullman takes readers to a world where humans have animal familiars and where parallel universes are within reach.</b><br><br>Lyra is rushing to the cold, far North, where witch clans and armored bears rule. North, where the Gobblers take the children they steal--including her friend Roger. North, where her fearsome uncle Asriel is trying to build a bridge to a parallel world.<br><br>Can one small girl make a difference in such great and terrible endeavors? This is <i>Lyra</i>: a savage, a schemer, a liar, and as fierce and true a champion as Roger or Asriel could want.<br><br>But what Lyra doesn't know is that to help one of them will be to betray the other...<br><br>A masterwork of storytelling and suspense, Philip Pullman's award-winning <i>The Golden Compass</i> is the first in the His Dark Materials series, which continues with <i>The Subtle Knife</i> and <i>The Amber Spyglass.</i><br><br><b>A #1 <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller</b><br><b>Winner of the <i>Guardian</i> Prize for Children's Fiction</b><br><b>Published in 40 Countries</b><br><br>"Arguably the best juvenile fantasy novel of the past twenty years." <i>—The Washington Post </i><br><br>"Very grand indeed." <i>—The New York Times<br><br></i>"Pullman is quite possibly a genius." <i>—Newsweek<br></i><b><br>Don't miss Philip Pullman's epic new trilogy set in the world of His Dark Materials!</b><br><b>** THE BOOK OF DUST **</b><br><b><i>La Belle Sauvage</i></b><br><b><i>The Secret Commonwealth</i></b>