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The Golden Compass (351 pp.), The Subtle Knife (288 pp.), and The Amber Spyglass (480 pp.), by Philip Pullman (Del Rey, $6.99 each)
It was, some said, the moment that literature for the young finally came of age. On January 22, Philip Pullman, a children's writer (although he objects to that label), was awarded Britain's prestigious Whitbread prize for the final installment of his best-selling His Dark Materials trilogy. In the opinion of the judges, The Amber Spyglass was Britain's book of the year. It was an unprecedented honor for a work aimed at younger readers, but Pullman is a man who must be getting used to praise, and not just in Britain. His writing has ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Sunday School for Atheists.(three books)(Young Adult Review)