Posts Tagged ‘bible’
The Amber Spyglass – Reviewing Classics
Laurel Leaf, 2000
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0375846735
480 pages
2001 Whitbread Prize for Children’s Literature
2002 Whitbread of the Year Prize
Synopsis
All of the characters come together is the ultimate battle for all of the conjoining worlds. Dust, it turns out, is not the byproduct of original sin, but the byproduct of moving from innocence into true sentience, which takes different manifestations for different species. …
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The Subtle Knife – Reviewing Classics
Laurel Leaf, 1997
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0375846727
304 pages
Synopsis
At the end of the previous book, The Golden Compass, Lyra and Pan step into the new world they can see through the Aurora Borealis over the bridge that Lord Asriel created. A new and equally commanding character to Lyra Silvertongue is introduced. Will Parry, a 12-year-old boy from our own world has grown up having to take care of his mother who has problems with her mind, believing that she is being chased by creatures no one else can see, and is often taken to spells of extreme obsessive-compulsive disorder. …
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The Golden Compass – Reviewing Classics
Laurel Leaf, 1995
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0375838309
368 pages
The Carnegie Medal for Children’s Fiction
Synopsis
In a parallel earth, all people have their own personal daemon a physical manifestation of their soul in animal form. Trouble seems to be brewing in this world, and there’s talk about this invisible material called Dust. Thinking this as the link to original sin, the scientists of experimental theology are trying to find a way to rid people of it, even going as far as separating them from their daemons, essentially ripping them from their souls. …
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Many Waters
Square Fish, 1986
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0312368577
224 pages
Synopsis
One minute they’re playing hockey in the middle of freezing winter, and the next the twins Sandy and Dennys Murry are thrust through their parents’ experimental time travel machine and end up in the hot desert during the time of Noah. …
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A Wind In The Door
Square Fish, 1973
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0312368542
224 pages
Synopsis
Charles Wallace is falling ill, and it’s up to Meg and her friend Calvin O’Keefe to do something about it. Risking their own lives, they team up with a Cherubim that has appeared in Meg’s garden (which looks like a freakish dragon with hundreds of eyes all over its body, a much more accurate version of how the Judeo-Christian texts describe them than the paintings of little babies with wings). …
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