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Pullman, Philip, 1946-

The golden compass / - 1st ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1996. - 399 p. ; 22 cm. - His dark materials ; bk. 1 . - Pullman, Philip, 1946- His dark materials ; bk. 1. .

Originally published as: Northern lights. Sequel: The subtle knife.

Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.

ISBN: 0679879242

LCCN: 95033397

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fantasy.
Missing persons--Experiments--Fiction.
Kidnapping--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Arctic regions--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Fantastic fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.P968 / Go 1996

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]