The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman

Genre: Young Adult

Sub Genre: Fantasy; Magic, Paralell Reality, His Dark Materials

Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars

Back Cover: Lyra and Will, her newfound friend, tumble separately into the strange tropical otherworld of Cittàgazze, "the city of magpies," where adults are curiously absent and children run wild. Here their lives become inextricably entwined when Lyra's alethiometer gives her a simple command: find Will's father. Their search is plagued with obstacles--some familiar and some horribly new and unfathomable--but it eventually brings them closer to Will's father and to the Subtle Knife, a deadly, magical, ancient tool that cuts windows between worlds. Through it all, Will and Lyra find themselves hurtling toward the center of a fierce battle against a force so awesome that leagues of mortals, witches, beasts, and spirits from every world are uniting in fear and anger against it.

This is the second story book in the His Dark Materials. The story has Lyra and Will going to all these otherworlds. Each one has its own dangers. The battle that is being made ready is epic to say the least. You learn more about the creation of all things in all the worlds combined. The way the two get through everything together makes you wonder how they are able to. Brilliantly written story that makes you want to read it straight through. I can't wait to see where this series will go, The Amber Spyglass.

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf

ISBN: 0375846727    

Pages: 368

Series: His Dark Materials

Volume: 2