Pullman, Philip. 1996. The golden compass. New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers. ISBN:
0679879242.
This book was published in the United Kingdom under the name, The Northern Lights.
In this first book of the His Dark Materials series, we meet Lyra and her journey begins to discover what's happening to the missing children. Along the way she learns about her past, about an elementary particle, called Dust, and discovers some horrifying experiments.
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Pullman, Philip. 1997. The subtle knife. New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 0679879250.
In the second book of the series, Lyra meets Will. Will is from an alternate Oxford and is on a quest to find his missing father. Their missions become intertwined when Lyra's alethiometer is stolen and Will becomes the bearer of a magical knife.
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Pullman, Philip. 2000. The amber spyglass. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN: 0679879269.
In the conclusion to the series, Lyra has been kidnapped, and two separate factions of the Church are trying to reach her in order to kill her. Will is supposed to be going to Lord Asriel, but his only goal is to find Lyra and return her alethiometer to her.
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Pullman, Philip. 2003. Lyra�s Oxford. New York: Knopf Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 0375828192.
This is a short book (about 70 pages) that contains a side story about Lyra and Pan's adventures. Pullman has hinted that this story might serve as a sort of stepping stone to other stories that he hasn't yet written.
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Pullman, Philip. 1994. The broken bridge. New York: Laurel Leaf. ISBN: 0679847154.
Sixteen year old Ginny has a white father and a Haitian mother and has always felt out of place in the Welsh village where she lives. After her mother dies, she finds out she has a white half-brother who is coming to live with them and Ginny struggles to understand who she is and her past.
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Pullman, Philip. 1997. The white mercedes. New York: Laurel Leaf. ISBN: 0679886230.
This book was later published under the name The Butterfly Tattoo.
This book has been described as a �modern day Shakespearian tradedy.� Chris meets and falls in love with Jenny, who has run away from an abusive father. Chris is later tricked into causing Jenny's death, only because she is mistaken for someone else.
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The Sally Lockhart Quartet
Pullman, Philip. 1988. The ruby in the smoke. New York: Laurel Leaf. ISBN: 0394895894.
In this first book of a series, we meet Sally, whose father, a shipping agent, has recently died. Sally receives a strange letter that begins her on a journey to find out about her father, her own past, and a mysterious ruby that is somehow connected to her.
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Pullman, Philip. 1989. The shadow in the north. New York: Laurel Leaf. ISBN: 0394825993.
This is set six years after The Ruby in the Smoke. Sally has her own consulting firm, but is drawn into a mystery involving fraud and the underworld of London.
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Pullman, Philip. 1992. The tiger in the well. New York: Laurel Leaf. ISBN: 0679826718.
In this story, Sally is left as a young single mother after the death of her fiance, Fred. She is sued by a man she has never met who claims to be her husband and wants custody of her child.
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Pullman, Philip. 1996. The tin princess. New York: Laurel Leaf. ISBN: 0679876154.
This story is set ten years after The Ruby in the Smoke. Jim has tracked down Adelaide, who went missing in The Ruby in the Smoke, and it is discovered that she has secretly married a prince. It�s up to Jim to protect Adelaide from those who wish to harm her.
