Title: The Golden CompassAuthor: Philip Pullman
Pages: 9 discs
Genre: Children's Fiction
Grade: B+
Synopsis: Lyra Belacqua is an orphan girl that has grown up at Oxford University. Her world is slightly different than ours in that all humans have a personal daemon, which is the manifestation of their souls in an animal form. When people are young their daemons can easily change from one type of animal to another. After puberty, the daemons assume one animal form that they keep for the rest of their lives. Children throughout Britain begin disappearing, including Lyra's friend Roger. Lyra goes on a quest to find her friend Roger and hopefully save the other children as well.
My Review: I had heard that this was a pretty controversial book, but after reading it, I don't see why. The book does portray "The Church" as the bad guy, but it is in an indirect way. The book is definitely a children's book, but I enjoyed it and am looking forward to reading the remaining books of the trilogy.
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