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7. Leave Your Heart in San Francisco!
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This book is the first in Pullman’s trilogy, known as “His Dark Materials.” It made the banned book list, because it is believed to promote atheistic views. The symbolism in the story can be interpreted many ways, but I chose to take the story as purely fantasy and didn’t read in to all the “hidden messages.”
Lyra the main character is a young girl set out to rescue Roger, a friend, from “gobblers” who are said to be separating children from their daemons. In “The Golden Compass” a daemon is an ...more
Lyra the main character is a young girl set out to rescue Roger, a friend, from “gobblers” who are said to be separating children from their daemons. In “The Golden Compass” a daemon is an ...more
I absolutely loved this book!! There was action, fighting, and adventure that kept me turning the pages constantly. Lyra Belacqua is supposedly an orphan who lives at Jordan College where her uncle occasionally visits. On one of his visits she overhears the Scholars talking about Dust. Mysterious kidnappings of children in the area, including Lyra's best friend, sends her on a journey to the North.
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Nov 02, 2009
Sharon
marked it as to-read
