Author(s): Philip Pullman

Middle Fiction 8-12-year-olds

the second book in Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials. The story begins in Oxford, where Will Parry is desperate to discover the truth about his disappeared father. Climbing through an extraordinary window in the air, Will meets Lyra and her personal daemon - who we first met in Northern Lights. Together they embark on a fantastical quest which mixes science, theology and magic to stirring and exciting effect. first instalment, Northern Lights, and the third, The Subtle Knife. First published 1997; this edition, with author illustrations, 2005.