Northern Lights

Phillip Pullman

A worthy winner of the Carnegie Award, 1995 – both the year it was released and the year I was born! It has gone on to win further awards since and understandably so. I wish I hadn’t waited so long to read this book because I have fallen in love with every aspect of the story. A world such like our own and yet set so far apart. The whole story is fast-paced and engrossing. Pullman’s ability to world build is phenomenal, his characters, setting and magic are truly wonderful. He is an inspiration to writers of the fantastical.