The Subtle Knife: Adult Edition (His Dark Materials)

Philip Pullman

ISBN 10: 0439994136 / ISBN 13: 9780439994132

Published by Scholastic 14/09/2001, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Subtle Knife: Adult Edition (His Dark Materials)
• Publisher: Scholastic 14/09/2001
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0439994136
• ISBN 13: 9780439994132
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Will is on the run. He's killed a man and now he must flee Oxfordand attempt to find his father-an explorer who sought the North Pole and who never returned from his expedition. Will's search for his father leads him to another world, where he encounters a girl and her wildcat daemon...Lyra. After crossing the abyss between the worlds, Lyra finds herself thrown together with Will, in a beautiful but eerily deserted city. It is a city haunted by Spectres-soul-destro ghostly forms that prey on adults, leaving aworld dominated by orphaned children. But even in another world Will cannot evade those who seek to destroy him, and thus the journey continues-Lyra and Will's destinies are intertwined and their

Review

At the end of The Northern Lights, Lyra Silvertongue watched in fear and fascination as her father, Lord Asriel, created a bridge between worlds. Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon are now lost in an alternate universe where they meet Will Parry, a fugitive from a third universe. Will has found a small window between Cittagazze--where children roam unchecked, but invisible Specters suck the spirit out of adults--and his Oxford, which, with its Burger Kings and cars, is frighteningly different from the Oxford Lyra knows. Will's father, an explorer, disappeared years ago, but some odd characters have started asking questions about him. Will has managed to accidentally kill one of them and is wanted by the police. Armed with the Subtle Knife, a tool that cuts any material (including that which separates universes) and Lyra's alethiometer, the children set out to find John Parry, with adults of various stripes in desperate pursuit.

Lyra's finest qualities are her courage and her quick mind. She finds she must use them constantly--not to put too fine a point on it, she must lie and steal to keep herself and Will out of danger. However, she must also know when to tell the truth and when to trust. She does not yet know--though her friends the witches do, and so does the reader--what a huge part she will have in the upcoming battle between Good and Evil. (Age 9 and over) - -Amazon.com