Pullman, Philip <br/><br/>
Secret Commonwealth 
 The secret commonwealth  
Philip Pullman 
 - First edition. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf  2019 
 - 633 pages   color illustration   24 cm 
 - The book of dust   Book 2 . <br/><br/> Sequel to: La Belle Sauvage  The second of three parts ; prequel to His Dark Materials 
<br/><br/> Twenty-year-old college undergraduate Lyra is once again thrown together with Malcolm Polstead, now a professor, after Lyra and her daemon, Pantalaimon, receive secrets from a dying man about a daemon-haunted city and the origins of Dust.  Lyra Belacqua, aka Lyra Silvertongue, is an undergraduate at St. Sophia's College. She and her daemon, the soft-furred pine marten Pantalaimon, are alienated to the point of hostility. Lyra falls under the influence of popular writers who express 'universal skepticism' and contempt for sentiment, kindness and faith. When Pantalaimon witnesses a murder, both of them are pulled into a conspiracy involving the Magisterium. Lyra reconnects with Malcolm Polstead, now a professor at the College, but they are soon drawn back into a battle Lyra thought she'd left behind forever. -- adapted from jacket and online reviews 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780553510669 0553510665 9780553510676 0553510673 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>019497440  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Belacqua, Lyra (Fictitious character)--Juvenile fiction.<br/>College students--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Secrecy--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Fantasy.<br/>Familiars (Spirits)--Fiction.<br/>Thriller / Suspense.<br/>Crime & Mystery.<br/>Modern and contemporary Fiction (post 1945)<br/>Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage)<br/>Young Adult Fiction--Fantasy--Epic<br/>Young Adult Fiction--Action & Adventure--Survival Stories<br/>Young Adult Fiction--Literary.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.P968  / Se 2019 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>yPul   75