The golden compass /
Philip Pullman.
- New York : Laurel-Leaf, [2007], c1995.
- 351 p ; 18 cm.
- Laurel-leaf books His dark materials ; bk. 1 .
- Pullman, Philip, 1946- His dark materials ; bk. 1. .
Originally published: Great Britain : Scholastic Children's Books, 1995 under the title: Northern lights.
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.