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4-6Book of Dust series.
This prequel to the His Dark Materials trilogy finds infant Lyra in the care of eleven-year-old Malcolm, an appealingly sturdy hero. Malcolm, accomplice Alice, and the baby make their way to hoped-for safety through flooded Oxford. Although set a decade before The Golden Compass, readers should start there--a good deal of this entry's pleasure comes from familiarity with the world's conventions and characters.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
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January, 2018