The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
This book was banned and challenged many times bases on the themes which are anti-God, anti-Catholic, and anti-religion.
This book has sparked much controversy because of its statuses as an award winner and as a commonly banned and challenged book. The book won the Carnegie metal in 1996 and in 1997 it was one of the ALA Best Books for Young Adults, an ALA Notable Children's Book, on theTexas Lonestar Reading List, and won the Maine Student Book Award.
Interested yet, or are you bored from my describing why you should read it?
Well, it's a pretty interesting book, and you should check it out. It follows Lyra in a world where part of each person's soul can take the shape of an animal. Until puberty the daemon can change shape, but around that time they become permanent. Lyra searching for her friend, Roger, and father, Lord Asriel and meets up with Mrs. Coulter. When she finds out that Mrs. Coulter is one of the ones responsible for the recent trend of missing children, she runs away and eventually finds Roger. Now she has a new goal: she must get the alethiometer (which looks like a compass with a gold back!) to Lord Asriel.
I LOOOOOOVED this series when I was a kid. All these years later it may be time to revisit.. I'm pretty sure my mom still has them.
ReplyDeleteLyra is to date my fave literary heroine. Haven't gone back to read the trilogy yet, though, because The Subtle Knife & The Amber Spyglass pretty much shattered me. :,(
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