La Belle Sauvage: The Book of Dust Volume One: From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials - now a major BBC series - Paperback – by Philip Pullman 
 
Book 1 of 3: The Book of Dust
 
Winner - Author of the Year, British Book Awards

Philip Pullman's magnificent bestseller is now in paperback, with new additional illustrations. A coming-of-age story like no other...

Malcolm Polstead's Oxford life has been one of routine, ordinary even. He is happiest playing with his daemon, Asta, in their canoe, La Belle Sauvage. But now, as the rain builds, the world around Malcolm and Asta is, it seems, set to become increasingly far from ordinary.

Finding himself linked to a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua, Malcolm is forced to undertake the challenge of his life and to make a dangerous journey that will change him and Lyra forever...