The golden compass /
Philip Pullman.
- 1st Knopf paperback ed.
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998, c1996.
- 399 p ; 21 cm.
- Dark materials ; bk. 1 .
- Pullman, Philip, 1946- Dark materials ; bk. 1. .
"A Knopf paperback"--T.p. Originally published as: Northern lights.
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Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.