His Dark Materials, Book I: The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials)

by Philip Pullman

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Series (with order)

His Dark Materials (1)

Canonical Title

Northern Lights

Original publication date

1995

Important places

Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

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Awards and honors

Carnegie Medal (1995)

Waterstones top 25 books of the last 25 years (2007, No 3)

Waterstones The Nation's Favourite Children's Books (1997, No 28)

British Book Award (Children's Book of the Year, 1997)

The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003)

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First words

Lyra and her daemon moved through the darkening hall, taking care to keep to one side, out of sight of the kitchen.

Last words

Disambiguation notice

'The Golden Compass' was originally published in Britain, Australia and elsewhere as 'Northern Lights'

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