Reviews & Overviews by Rod Cameron

        

The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman

The bearer of the Subtle Knife, Will has been tasked with delivering it to Lord Asriel. But how can he when Lyra has been kidnapped? Only she can help him to disentangle all the plots and intrigues that prevent him from doing so. The two great powers of good and evil in the multi-verse are gearing up for war. Will must find Lyra because they are on their inevitable way to The Battle, and their journey will even take them to the World of the Dead. This is by far the deepest and most adult of the books. Just as Lyra grows up during the series, so does the author's expectations of the reader. This is a heady intense book full of huge ideas.

Publisher: Point - Scholastic Children's Books Date: 2000 Pages: 550 pages Price: £6.99 Format: Trade paperback Reviewed by: Rod Cameron Review Date: December 2001

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