The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
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When you find a work of fiction for young people (or even one for us older types) that begins with a verse from Milton’s Paradise Lost, you know you have encountered something unusual.
Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass is something unusual: a book that changed the meaning of “literature for young people”. This is an adventure that never stops, in a world similar but utterly different from our own. Rich and strange and always believable, this book dazzled me with suspense, adventure, imagination, and intrigue. Not bad for a book found in our Kid’s World and Young Adult collections. And many bookstores shelve it in their Adult Science Fiction section.The Golden Compass is just the first of a trilogy that continues in The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. These three books have picked up all kinds of awards. I can’t wait to continue with the next two books.…And, of course, The Golden Compass is soon to be a “Major Motion Picture.” We’ll see if the movie can approach the book. But it may be good- there are amazing graphic opportunities in this story.
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