More great reads: the best books for 11 year olds
Philip Pullman's classic trilogy is now available as a stunning, large-format, bind-up edition. Since the first volume was published in 1995, and has now been filmed as The Golden Compass, the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, and has won the UK's top awards for children's literature. Today, the fabulous story of Lyra and her daemon i read and loved by adults and children alike.
The extraordinary story moves between parallel universes. Beginning in Oxford, it takes Lyra and her animal-daemon Pantalaimon on a dangerous rescue mission to the ice kingdoms of the far North, where she begins to learn about the mysterious particles they call Dust - a substance for which a terrible war between different worlds will be fought... "This trilogy is one of the great imaginative works in the English language.
And it contains one of the best villains in all literature." - Terry Jones Philip Pullman has won the CILIP Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Children's Book of the Year - British Book Awards, the Whitbread Book of the Year, the Eleanor Farjeon Award and the Astrid Lindgren Award.
| ISBN: | 9781407109428 |
| Publication date: | 3rd November 2008 |
| Author: | Philip Pullman |
| Illustrator: | Chris Wormell |
| Publisher: | Scholastic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 1016 pages |
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Philip Pullman's classic trilogy is now available as a stunning, large-format, bind-up edition. Since the first volume was published in 1995, and has now been filmed as The Golden Compass, the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, and has won the UK's top awards for children's literature.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed His Dark Materials Box Set and determined it is suitable for children aged 11-14 years old
His Dark Materials Box Set features in the following genres: Featured Books for 11+ readers, Featured Books for 13+ readers, Recommendations, Adventure Stories, Fantasy / Magical, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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His Dark Materials Box Set was written by Philip Pullman and published by Scholastic
His Dark Materials Box Set has 1,016 pages
