Voted the best Carnegie winner of the past 70 years – and we reckon it’s earned every drop of praise tenfold. First in Philip Pullman’s epic trilogy: an all-time fantasy great. To read it is to witness magic. This is a book so beloved that you, the public, chose it as your favourite Carnegie Medal winner ever. It’s a journey to an Arctic wilderness where witch-queens ride the icy skies, armoured bears roam the snow, and cruel scientists conduct experiments of unspeakable terror. A journey that will take one brave girl, Lyra, to the very edge of her world… •The wondrous first book of His Dark Materials trilogy •The most acclaimed children’s fantasy of modern times •Voted the greatest Carnegie Medal winner in 70 years •Utterly dazzling, spellbinding, magical storytelling “Rarely, if ever, have readers been offered such a casket of wonders.” Independent
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