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Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials)
Once Upon a Time in the North - His Dark Materials
Author: Philip Pullman, John Lawrence (Illustrator)
In this new prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee Scoresby -- Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua -- is just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating North to the windswept Arctic island of Novy Odense, where he and his hare daemon He...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375845109
ISBN-10: 0375845100
Publication Date: 4/22/2008
Pages: 112
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 20 ratings
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 19
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reviewed Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials) on + 51 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This copy of the book comes with a little board game. I never touched mine so...

The book is great. I like that it focused on what really made me fall in love with The Golden Compass: Lyra's world. I didn't care about all the other worlds and the war to stop god (or whatever it was). Lyra's world, where people's daemons lived outside of them and intelligent bears made their own armor, was the only place I needed to be. If you loved the first book in the main series but were disappointed by how the series went in the second and third books, read this. It gets extra points for focusing on my two favorite characters.
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snoopy99eb avatar reviewed Once Upon a Time in the North (His Dark Materials) on + 6 more book reviews
This is a great quick read for Golden Compass fans. In it we learn a little more about Lee Scoresby's younger days, and learn how he and Iorek Byrnison became friends.


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