Northern Lights


by Philip Pullman (Author)

Book Cover for Northern Lights

   Book 1   
Pages: 399
When Lyra's friend Roger disappears, she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, set out to find him. The ensuing quest leads them to the bleak splendour of the North, where armoured bears rule the ice and witch-queens fly through the frozen skies - and where a team of scientists is conducting experiments too horrible to be spoken about.

Lyra overcomes these strange terrors, only to find something yet more perilous waiting for her - something with consequences which may even reach beyond the Northern Lights...

Please note: This book has also been published under the title 'The Golden Compass.'

Recognition: Abraham Lincoln Award Nominee (2005); Young Adult Library Services Association Listen Up Award (1995); Carnegie Medal in Literature (1995); ALA's Top Ten Best Books for Young Adults (1997)

His Dark Materials Series—Summary and Book Order

Series: His Dark Materials
Reading level: 12+
Books in series: 5
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Tags: fantasy  adventure  magic  religion 

 Print series book list

Books in series order

1.   Northern Lights  (1995)
2.   The Subtle Knife  (1997)
3.   The Amber Spyglass  (2000)
+   Lyra's Oxford  (2003)
+   Once Upon A Time in the North  (2008)