Philip Pullman

Two Crafty Criminals: and How They Were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang

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Criminals, crooks, and swindlers be warned: the kids of the New Cut Gang are on to you! This book details tow of their most cleverly cracked cases.

When someone begins passing counterfeit coins around their neighborhood, Benny and Thunderbolt jump on his trail. Until that trail seems to lead to Thunderbolt's own home...

Then, when some valuable silver is stolen, the only clues at the scene of the crime are a blob of wax and a distinctive match. The police are baffled! But not Benny. Now, if only the Peretti twins can engineer a jailbreak, he'll be able to prove his case...

Author: 
Philip Pullman
Lexile: 
830L
Two Crafty Criminals: and How They Were Captured by the Daring Detectives of the New Cut Gang

The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book 3 (Unabridged)

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Lyra and Will, the two ordinary children whose extraordinary adventures begin in The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife, are in unspeakable danger. With help from Iorek Byrnison the armored bear and two tiny Gallivespian spies, they must journey to a dank and gray-lit world where no living soul has ever gone.

Author: 
Philip Pullman
Grade Level: 
Middle
Lexile: 
950L
Length: 
14:54
The Amber Spyglass: His Dark Materials, Book 3 (Unabridged)

The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, Book 1 (Unabridged)

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When Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon decide to spy on a presentation her uncle, the commanding Lord Asriel, is making to the elders of Jordan College they have no idea that they will become witnesses to an attempted murder, and even less that they are taking the first steps in a journey that will lead them into danger and adventure unlike anything Lyra's unfettered imagination has conjured up.

Author: 
Philip Pullman
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Lexile: 
930L
Length: 
10:39
The Golden Compass: His Dark Materials, Book 1 (Unabridged)

The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials, Book 2 (Unabridged)

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In this stunning sequel to The Golden Compass, the intrepid Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld, Cittagazze, where soul-eating Specters stalk the streets and wingbeats of distant angels sound against the sky. But she is not without allies: twelve-year-old Will Parry, fleeing for his life after taking another's, has also stumbled into this strange new realm.

Author: 
Philip Pullman
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Lexile: 
890L
Length: 
08:58
The Subtle Knife: His Dark Materials, Book 2 (Unabridged)