Philip Pullman: Once upon a Time in the North.
| Publisher | Horn Book, Inc. |
| Publication | The Horn Book Magazine |
| Subject | Literature/writing |
| Format | Magazine/Journal |
| ISSN | 0018-5078 |
| Issues per Year | 6 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Published | 2008-05-01 |
| Role | Type | Name |
| Author | n/a | Claire E. Gross |
| Reviewee | n/a | PHILIP PULLMAN |
Philip Pullman Once upon a Time in the North; illus, by John Lawrence 104 pp. Knopf 4/08 ISBN 978-0-375-84510-9 $12.99 (Middle School, High School)
Long before the events of Pullman's acclaimed His Dark Materials trilogy, twenty-four-year-old Lee Scoresby is wandering the northern skies in a balloon he won in a poker game. Upon crash-landing on the island of Novy Odense, Lee is sucked into a local political struggle involving the takeover of Novy Odense by a corrupt mining company. Bears, their armor outlawed, work as laborers, and fear of them fuels the political...
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