Paperback: Malcolm Polstead is the kind of boy who notices everything but is not much noticed himself. And so perhaps it was inevitable that he would become a spy.
Malcolm's father runs an inn called the Trout, on the banks of the river Thames, and all of Oxford passes through its doors. Malcolm and his dæmon, Asta, routinely overhear news and gossip, and the occasional scandal, but during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm catches wind of something new: intrigue.
He finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust--and the spy it was intended for finds him.
When she asks Malcolm to keep his eyes open, Malcolm sees suspicious characters everywhere; Lord Asriel, clearly on the run; enforcement agents from the Magisterium; an Egyptian named Coram with warnings just for Malcolm; and a beautiful woman with an evil monkey for a dæmon. All are asking about the same thing: a girl - just a baby - named Lyra.
Lyra is the kind of person who draws people in like magnets. And Malcolm will brave any danger, and make shocking sacrifices, to bring her safely through the storm.
La Belle Sauvage (2017) is the winner of the Waterstones Book of the Year 2017, Author of the Year in the British Book Awards and UK Author in the National Book Awards 2018.
This edition comes with new original illustrations by Chris Wormell.
About the author: Philip Pullman is one of the most highly respected children's authors writing today. Philip was born in Norwich and educated in England, Zimbabwe, Australia and Wales. He studied English at Exeter College, Oxford. His first children's book, Count Karlstein, was published in 1982. To date, he has published 33 books read by children and adults alike. Winner of many prestigious awards, including the Carnegie of Carnegies and the Whitbread Award, Pullman's epic fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials has been acclaimed as a modern classic. It has sold 17.5 million copies worldwide and been translated into 40 languages. The Amber Spyglass won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award, the first time that prize was given to a children's book. In 2002, he received the 2002 Eleanor Farjeon Award for children's literature and in 2005, he was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He lives in Oxford.
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