Author: Pullman, Philip Interest age: from c 12 yearsPublished on 3 September 2018 by Penguin Random House Childrens UK (Penguin and David Fickling Books) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 592 pages, Chris Wormell131 x 197 x 38 | 480g From the world of Philip Pullmans His Dark Materials- now a major critically acclaimed BBC seriesA rich, imaginative, vividly characterised rite-of-passage tale - Nicolette Jones, The Sunday TimesWINNER- AUTHOR OF THE YEAR, BRITISH BOOK AWARDS WINNER- UK AUTHOR, NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS 2018 A coming of age story like no other . . .Philip Pullmans magnificent bestseller is now in paperback, with new additional illustrations. Malcolm Polsteads Oxford life has been one of routine, ordinary even.He is happiest playing with his daemon, Asta, in their canoe, La Belle Sauvage. But now as the rain builds, the world around Malcolm and Asta it seems is set to become increasingly far from ordinary.Finding himself linked to a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm is forced to undertake the challenge of his life and to make a dangerous journey that will change him and Lyra for ever . . .
