Posts Tagged ‘religion’
The Tombs of Atuan – Reviewing Classics
Atheneum Books, 1971
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 1416509623
192 pages
Newbery Honor Book
Synopsis
Tenar, the priestess to the ancient and long held worship of the Nameless Ones, is taken as a child and raised as the one who will guard the catacombs of the Tombs of Atuan for her entire life. Thought to be the reincarnation of the one priestess who lives and is reincarnated in every generation, Tenar is raised as someone who is both feared and revered by her peers and authority figures, even at a young age. …
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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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