The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) (Library Binding) (ISBN-13: 9780553510676)

The #1 New York Times Bestseller!

Return to the world of His Dark Materials in the second volume of Philip Pullman's new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust.

The windows between the many worlds have been sealed and the momentous adventures of Lyra Silvertongue's youth are long behind her--or so she thought. Lyra is now a twenty-year-old undergraduate at St. Sophia's College and intrigue is swirling around her once more. Her daemon Pantalaimon is witness to a brutal murder, and the dying man entrusts them with secrets that carry echoes from their past.

The more Lyra is drawn into these mysteries, the less she is sure of. Even the events of her own past come into question when she learns of Malcolm Polstead's role in bringing her to Jordan College.

Now Lyra and Malcolm will travel far beyond the confines of Oxford, across Europe and into the Levant, searching for a city haunted by daemons, and a desert said to hold the truth of Dust. The dangers they face will challenge everything they thought they knew about the world, and about themselves.

Praise for The Book of Dust

"It's a stunning achievement, this universe Pullman has created and continues to build on." --The New York Times

"Pullman's writing is simple, unpretentious, beautiful, true. The conclusion to The Book of Dust can't come soon enough."--The Washington Post

Author: Philip Pullman
ISBN-10: 0553510673
ISBN-13: 9780553510676
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 10/03/2019
Pages: 656
Format: Library Binding
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.40w x 2.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6
Point Value: 30
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 507438 / Secret Commonwealth


Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2019 pg. 95
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average