<b>"The most magnificent fantasy series since <i>The Lord of the Rings</i>." --<i>The Oregonian</i></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> <b>A <i>New York Times</i> Bestseller</b><br> <b>A <i>Newsweek</i> Top 100 Book of All Time</b><br> <b>An <i>Entertainment Weekly</i> All-Time Greatest Novel</b><br> <b>Winner of the Guardian Prize for Children's Fiction</b><br> <br> "Very grand indeed." --<i>The New York Times</i><br> "Superb . . . all-stops-out thrilling."<i> --The Washington Post</i><br> "A shattering tale that begins with a promise and delivers an entire universe." --<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>, Starred<br> "The Golden Compass is one of the best fantasy / adventure stories that I have read. This is a book no one should miss." --Terry Brooks
