Northern Lights
This is the first in a trilogy in which a new universe has been created. A world where daemons swoop and scuttle along the streets of Oxford and London, where the mysterious Dust swirls invisibly through the air, and where one child knows secrets the adults would kill for.
This is the first in a trilogy in which a new universe has been created. A world where daemons swoop and scuttle along the streets of Oxford and London, where the mysterious Dust swirls invisibly through the air, and where one child knows secrets the adults would kill for.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780590541787 (0590541781)
ASIN: 590541781
Publish date: 1995
Publisher: Scholastic Children's Books
Pages no: 399
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Teen,
Classics,
Science Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Young Adult Fantasy,
Steampunk
Series: His Dark Materials (#1)
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