Once upon a time in the North
Pullman, Philip, 1946-2017
Book
In this prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee Scoresby--Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua--is just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating North to the windswept Arctic island of Novy Odense, where he and his hare daemon Hester are quickly tangled in a deadly plot involving oil magnate Larsen Manganese, corrupt mayoral candidate Ivan Poliakov, and Lee's longtime nemesis from the Dakota Country: Pierre McConville, a hired killer with at least twenty murders to his name. It's only after Lee forms an alliance with one of the island's reviled armored bears that he can fight to break up the conspiracy in a gun-twirling classic western shoot out--and battle of wits.
Main title:
Once upon a time in the North / Philip Pullman ; engravings by John Lawrence.
Author:
Pullman, Philip, 1946-, authorLawrence, John, 1933-, illustrator
Edition:
First Yearling edition.
Imprint:
New York : A Yearling book, 2017.©2008
Collation:
126 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Series title:
His dark materials ; 0.5.
Audience:
For young adults.
ISBN:
9780399555442 (paperback)
Dewey class:
823.914
Language:
English
BRN:
480215
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Junior Middle Fiction | J MIDDLE PULL | On loan - Due: 08 Jul 2026 |