Philip Pullman
Author
Series
His dark materials volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
The Golden Compass forms the first part of a story in three volumes. The first volume is set in a world like ours, but different in many ways. The second volume is set partly in the world we know. The third moves between many worlds. In The Golden Compass, readers meet for the first time 11-year-old Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Jordan College in Oxford, England. It quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford is...
Author
Series
His dark materials volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.
Author
Series
His dark materials volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
Lyra and Will find themselves at the center of a battle between the forces of the Authority and those gathered by Lyra's father, Lord Asriel.
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
This exciting companion to His Dark Materials tells a not-to-be-missed story about Lyra and her world.
When a witch's daemon crashes onto the roof of Jordan College, Lyra and her daemon, Pan, are eager to help. But as this unlikely trio scours the winding streets of Oxford in search of a famed alchemist, their journey takes a deadly turn...
This volume also includes fascinating extra glimpses of our favorite characters.
Don't...
When a witch's daemon crashes onto the roof of Jordan College, Lyra and her daemon, Pan, are eager to help. But as this unlikely trio scours the winding streets of Oxford in search of a famed alchemist, their journey takes a deadly turn...
This volume also includes fascinating extra glimpses of our favorite characters.
Don't...
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tattered scarecrow stands in the middle of a muddy field, taking no notice of the violent thunderstorm around him. But when a bolt of lightning strikes him, fizzing its way through his turnip head and down his broomstick, the Scarecrow blinks with surprise–and comes to life.
So begins the story of the Scarecrow, a courteous but pea-brained fellow with grand ideas. He meets a boy, Jack, who becomes his faithful servant. Leaving behind...
So begins the story of the Scarecrow, a courteous but pea-brained fellow with grand ideas. He meets a boy, Jack, who becomes his faithful servant. Leaving behind...
Author
Series
His dark materials volume Prequel
Language
English
Formats
Description
American balloonist Lee Scoresby and the great armored bear Iorek Byrnison meet when Lee and his hare daemon Hester crash-land their trading balloon onto a port in the far Arctic North and find themselves in the middle of a political powder keg.
Author
Series
Book of dust volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Description
"The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue’s youth are long behind her—or so she thought. Lyra is now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia’s College and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Her daemon Pantalaimon is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their past. The more Lyra is drawn into these mysteries,...
Author
Series
Book of dust volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
When Malcolm finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust, he finds himself embroiled in a tale of intrigue featuring enforcement agents from the Magisterium, a woman with an evil monkey daemon, and a baby named Lyra.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Benny Kaminsky leads a rag-tag gang of neighborhood children as they use improbable disguises and crazy ruses while investigating such crimes as counterfeiting and stolen silver in 1894 London.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The author of the "His Dark Materials" trilogy shares insights into the art of writing while exploring how education, religion, and science, as well as his favorite classics, helped shaped his literary life.
"From the internationally best-selling author of the His Dark Materials trilogy, a spellbinding journey into the secrets of his art--the narratives that shaped his vision, his experience of writing and understanding the magic of storytelling....
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Set in Victorian London, fearless young Sally Lockhart has a mind for numbers and for sleuthing. Recently orphaned Sally is armed with a pearl-handled pistol and her keen mind, uncovers the secrets of her father's death aboard the sunken schooner Lavinia, discovers hidden cursed jewels, and faces England's deadliest villains with bold courage.
Author
Series
Golden compass (Graphic novels) volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her dæmon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle -- a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, and a mysterious substance known as Dust. As she hurtles toward danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she alone is destined to win -- or to lose -- this...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ediciones B, Grupo Zeta
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 23
Language
Español
Description
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets to the Far North to discover what has happened to her best friend and the other kidnapped children.
El extraño y secreto aletiómetro que Lyra posee le obligará a emprender un increíble viaje que habrá de llevarla a las gélidas tierras árticas, donde reinan los clanes de las brujas y luchan los osos polares. El destino que la aguarda puede tener consecuencias inconmensurables más allá de su propio...
16) Serpentine
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The world-changing events of The Amber Spyglass are behind them, and Lyra and Pan find themselves utterly changed as well. In Serpentine, they journey to the far North once more, hoping to ask the Consul of Witches a most urgent question"--
Publisher
Warner Bros
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The third and final season of Philip Pullman's His Dark Material trilogy returns with an adaptation of the final book in the best-loved book series, The Amber Spyglass. Season Three opens with Lyra unconscious, having been given a sleeping draught by her mother, as Will, still carrying the Subtle Knife, continues his quest to find her in this epic story of love and truth.
Series
Publisher
[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In Season 2, Lyra follows Lord Asriel into the mysterious abandoned city Cittàgazze while Mrs. Coulter continues to search for her.
"Season 2 picks up within hours of the first season's tumultuous climax, as a distraught Lyra ... follows Lord Asriel ... into the mysterious city Cittàgazze. There, she meets a boy and learns that their fates are tied to them reuniting him with his father. Their path is thwarted by a war between the nefarious Magisterium...