This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition of this work as follows:
Pullman, Philip.
[Northern lights]
The golden compass / by Philip Pullman.—1st ed.
         p. cm.
(His dark materials) Originally published as: Northern lights.

Summary: Accompanied by her dæmon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other
kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
[1. Missing persons—Experiments—Fiction. 2. Kidnapping—Fiction. 3. Arctic regions—Fiction.
4. Fantasy.] I. Title. II. Series: Pullman, Philip. His dark materials.
PZ7.P968Go 1996
[Fic]—dc22

eISBN: 978-0-440-41860-3

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