Pullman, Philip. The Golden Compass. New York: Yearling, 1995. 399 pages. $7.50 ISBN 9780440418320
Plot Summary: Running wild throughout Oxford's Jordan College, Lyra Belacqua loves her life among the scholars, the help and the children of the city. There is word that "Gobblers" are taking children off the streets never to be seen again. Her best friend Roger is taken and she is determined to find him. Lyra learns to use her Alethiometer to figure out her path and the truths in the world, putting her in terrible danger. Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon end up traveling all over their known world with Gyptians, an aeronaut, and the lair of armored bears.
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