Pullman, Philip, 1946-

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

Originally published as: Northern lights.

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 0345413350 (Ballantine Del Rey, pbk.)

LCCN: 95033397 /AC

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

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

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

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]