La Belle Sauvage / Philip Pullman.
Material type:
SoundPublisher number: YA 2905 | Random House/Listening LibrarySpoken language: English Original language: French Series: Pullman, Philip, Book of dust ; v. 1.Publisher: New York : Random House/Listening Library, [2017]Copyright date: ℗2017Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 11 audio discs (13 hr., 8 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - spoken word
- audio
- audio disc
- 9780525522997
- 0525522999
- 9780525522980
- 0525522980
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Main Library | Audiobook | TEEN Pullman, Philip | Available | 33111009070976 |
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
2018 Odyssey Honor
2018 ALSC Notable Children's Recording
The Washington Post Best Audiobook of 2017
Slate Best Audiobook of 2017
Booklist Editor's Choice Audio for Youth
AudioFile Best YA Audiobooks of 2017
"Too few things in our world are worth a seventeen year wait: The Book of Dus t is one of them." -- The Washington Post
Philip Pullman returns to the parallel world of his groundbreaking novel The Golden Compass to expand on the story of Lyra, "one of fantasy's most indelible characters." ( The New York Times Magazine )
Malcolm Polstead is the kind of boy who notices everything but is not much noticed himself. And so perhaps it was inevitable that he would become a spy....
Malcolm's parents run an inn called the Trout, on the banks of the river Thames, and all of Oxford passes through its doors. Malcolm and his daemon, Asta, routinely overhear news and gossip, and the occasional scandal, but during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm catches wind of something new: intrigue.
He finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust--and the spy it was intended for finds him .
When she asks Malcolm to keep his eyes open, he sees suspicious characters everywhere: the explorer Lord Asriel, clearly on the run; enforcement agents from the Magisterium; a gyptian named Coram with warnings just for Malcolm; and a beautiful woman with an evil monkey for a daemon. All are asking about the same thing: a girl--just a baby--named Lyra.
Lyra is the kind of person who draws people in like magnets. And Malcolm will brave any danger, and make shocking sacrifices, to bring her safely through the storm.
"The book is full of wonder. . . . Truly thrilling." -- The New York Times
"People will love the first volume of Philip Pullman's new trilogy with the same helpless vehemence that stole over them when The Golden Compass came out." -- Slate
Note: This audiobook was recorded from the U.K. edition.
Read by Michael Sheen.
Compact discs.
9-12.
A story set ten years before the events of "The Golden Compass" follows young spy Malcolm Polstead as he investigates the dangerous substance called Dust and a baby named Lyra who is threatened from a number of sides.