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The Golden Compass
Iorek and the Gyptian Alliance
Der goldene Kompass - Iorek und das gyptische Bündnis - bk1566; Scholastic Children´s Books; o. Angabe; pocket_book; 2007
61 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2007
About the author
Kay Woodward
102 books14 followersEditor-turned-author Kay Woodward has written many successful books for children including her novel Jane Airhead, the Flower Fairies series and Magical World series. She's also written film and TV tie-ins including The Golden Compass, Happy Feet, Robin Hood and Shoebox Zoo, plus non-fiction titles and joke books. Kay lives in Hampshire with her husband and her little girl, and writes from her office overlooking a massive eucalyptus tree.
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July 31, 2025
This was not good! I know it’s like a mini book linking to the movie but I was confused as I’ve never read the books or seen the film so I was like who? What? Where?
April 11, 2014
In this book soon after Lyra eavesdrops where she is not supposed to be she soon is set off on a peril filled journey to fulfill her destiny. During her dangerous journey to safe her friend and many other children, Lyra along with everyone else is in wonderment of the mysterious of their own and other universes. Lyra soon gets past all obstacles in her way despite the fact that it's mostly others that know more than her what she is supposed to do.
The way Philip Pullman writes the book immediately captivates readers and from that point on it's hard to stop reading. The way he Pullman gives you the information always keeps you in wonderment and continually re-evaluated what you think is going to happen. Always fascinated by the way the story starts to fall into place and by the puzzling, and suspenseful mood of the story. In addition Pullman also relates the most mystical parts to the book to human nature making it even more interesting and easier to understand the every fluctuating situation.
I would recommend this book, especially to people who like to read fantasy. I would recommend it because it has action, suspense and it still makes one thing about life and the ways that people interact with each other and nature. Those two main parts of the story make this a very interesting read.
The way Philip Pullman writes the book immediately captivates readers and from that point on it's hard to stop reading. The way he Pullman gives you the information always keeps you in wonderment and continually re-evaluated what you think is going to happen. Always fascinated by the way the story starts to fall into place and by the puzzling, and suspenseful mood of the story. In addition Pullman also relates the most mystical parts to the book to human nature making it even more interesting and easier to understand the every fluctuating situation.
I would recommend this book, especially to people who like to read fantasy. I would recommend it because it has action, suspense and it still makes one thing about life and the ways that people interact with each other and nature. Those two main parts of the story make this a very interesting read.
May 22, 2025
My favourite of the three short stories!! Beautifully written and surprisingly engaging for 60 pages.
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