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The Book of Dust : Philip Pullman. La Belle Sauvage

By: Series: Pullman, Philip, Book of Dust ; volume 1.Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2017]Copyright date: �2017Edition: First editionDescription: 449 pages : color illustrationContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0375815309
  • 9780375815300
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Author Philip Pullman returns to the world of Lyra Belacqua and His Dark Materials for an adventure in which daemons, alethiometers, and the Magisterium all play a part. Malcolm Polstead's family runs an inn on the Thames River, all of Oxford passes through its doors. Malcolm and his daemon, Asta, routinely overhear news and gossip, but during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm catches wind of something new... a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust. Malcolm soon begins to see suspicious characters everywhere: the explorer Lord Asriel, clearly on the run; enforcement agents from the Magisterium; a gyptian named Coram with warnings just for Malcolm; and a beautiful woman with a golden monkey for a daemon. All are asking about the same thing: a girl—just a baby—named Lyra.
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YA Fiction Flesherton Branch Shelves YA FIC Pullm (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 09/27/2024 32241001078528
YA Fiction Markdale Branch Shelves YA FIC Pullm (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Teen bookbag 33436003120190

At head of title: The book of Dust. Volume one.

"A Borzoi book"--Title page verso.

Author Philip Pullman returns to the world of Lyra Belacqua and His Dark Materials for an adventure in which daemons, alethiometers, and the Magisterium all play a part.

Malcolm Polstead's family runs an inn on the Thames River, all of Oxford passes through its doors. Malcolm and his daemon, Asta, routinely overhear news and gossip, but during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm catches wind of something new... a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust.

Malcolm soon begins to see suspicious characters everywhere: the explorer Lord Asriel, clearly on the run; enforcement agents from the Magisterium; a gyptian named Coram with warnings just for Malcolm; and a beautiful woman with a golden monkey for a daemon. All are asking about the same thing: a girl—just a baby—named Lyra.

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