loppear reviewed The golden compass by Philip Pullman (His dark materials -- bk. 1)
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3 stars
Very part one, but good scary and wintry tale so far.
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North. Living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College, Lyra hears rumors of a magical dust that supposedly possesses powers that can unite whole universes, and begins a difficult and dangerous journey to find it.