"Northern Lights" by Philip Pullman is an increadible story of a girl named Lyra.The world Lyra lives in is an amazing combination
of the reality we know and fantastic creatures and artefacts.Thus, we find here all kinds of imaginary inventions and places.Every human being in this world has a daemon-an animal shaped embodiment of soul.There is a strange connection between them so that they cannot survive if they are separated.In such a world Lyra leads the life of a free spirit at Jordan College in Oxford.Her activities are mainly restricted to playing around with her friend Roger and organising fights with the bunch of Gyptian
children who live on barges on a river.Her life is turned upside down the moment her uncle Lord Asriel arrives at College to announce his latest discovery.Lyra hides in a room where only scholars are allowed and there she overhears for the first time the talk about
mysterious Dust.From now on her life will be submitted to discovering the allarming truth about Dust.Soon, at an official dinner she meets a fascinating woman called Mrs Coulter and finds out about Gobblers-a mysterious and frightenning organisation which kidnaps children.When Lyra goes with Mrs Coulter to London she finds out that the lady has a lot in common with Gobblers so she runs away.Lyra meets a group of Gypsies and joins them on a voyage to the far north to rescue the kidnapped children.On the way she has to learn how to read the Alethiometer-a device which tells the truth about people and helps to find solution to problems.What is more important she learns the truth about her parents.The voyage is full of adventures and dangers as Mrs Coulter is determined to find Lyra.However,the girl gains powerful friends:an Armoured Bear and the witches of the North.They help Lyra because,according to the prophecy, she has a great role to play in discovering the mysterious world hidden in the air behind the Northern Lights.To fill her mission Lyra will have to overcome all dangers and her own fear.The characters are vivid, adventures breathtaking so it''s a great book for all fantasy lovers.