"The Golden Compass" - Philip Pullman

Haven't read this book, yet.
But, I plan on doing so very soon.

They also have a movie for this book.
There is a thread about it in the movie section... click here.



Lyra Belacqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle - a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored bears. And as she hurtles toward danger in the cold far North, Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: she alone is destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle.