His Dark Materials: 1 Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.
There are worlds beyond our own – the Compass will show the way…
When Lyra is given the strange and secret alethiometer, she begins an extraordinary journey that will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. The destiny that awaits her will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world…
The first novel in Philip Pullman’s epic His Dark Materials trilogy is now the stunning motion picture The Golden Compass , made by New Line Cinema and Scholastic Media.