The Firework Maker's Daughter

by: Philip Pullman


"You want to be a Firework-Maker? Walk into my flames!"
More than anything else in the world, Lila wants to be a Firework-Maker. But every Firework-Maker must make a perilous journey to face the terrifying Fire-Fiend!
Can Lila possibly survive? Especially when she doesn't know she needs special protection to survive his flames...  {cover copy}
Ever since I read His Dark materials my Freshman year in college, I have considered Philip Pullman one of my very favorite authors. And yet it wasn't until {a larger number than I'd care to admit} years later that I stumbled upon this book. I was actually hesitant to buy it. I'm not really sure why. But then I did and I adore it. It was so cute and fun and the whole time I was reading it I was imagining how much fun this will be to read to Madeline when she's older. And bonus, it was really short, so I read it as quickly as I used to read bigger books back when I had free time!

A thousand miles ago, in a country east of the jungle and south of the mountains, there lived a Firework-Maker called Lalchand and his daughter Lila. {first line}
"But she had chosen to make the journey, and she could hardly turn back when she'd barely begun."

"No matter what happened, it was worth it, everything was worth it, for a moment of joy like this!"

"...there are no secrets among true artists."

• Firework-Maker • {last word}
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