The 296 page epic, The Golden Compass,Part of the His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman,takes place in an alternate reality. The main problem is that hero Lyra sets off to rescue kidnapped children. She achieves this goal by helping the children escape from the Arctic Circle. The main character, Lyra, is a multi-faceted heroine.
Lyra, the story's heroine, is very multi-faceted. She is equal parts adventrous and brave and cautios and cunning. When, early in the book, she convinces the Gyptians to take her to the Arctic Circle. When she convinces Iorek Byrnison to join her cause. And, at the end, when she convinces the king of armored bears to duel Iorek Byrnison over her. In all these encounters, she treads on dangerous ground, and her multi-facetedness gets her through. I highly recomend this book, UNLESS you are extremely religous.
