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The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage

Philip Pullman

Eleven-year-old Malcolm lives near Oxford at his family's tavern and first encounters baby Lyra when nuns at a nearby priory take her in. His interest becomes a wish to protect her from threats that include disciplinary agents and Gerard Bonneville. Asked to help a secret resistance group, Malcolm enters a world involving alethiometers, Lord Asriel, witches, and political intrigue. During a devastating storm, Malcolm and tavern worker Alice travel by canoe through flooded Oxford while trying to bring Lyra to safety.

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Themes
Adventure · Courage · Folklore And Mythology · Weather And Climate
Format
Paperback
ISBN-13
9780375815300
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2018Fiction for Children
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