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  • WINNER
    AudioFile Earphones Award
  • WINNER | 2012
    TimeOutNewYorkKids.com 50 Best Books for Kids
  • WINNER | 2000
    Audie Awards
  • WINNER | 1999
    Texas Lonestar Reading List
  • WINNER | 1997
    Maine Student Book Award
  • WINNER | 1997
    ALA Best Books for Young Adults
  • WINNER | 1997
    ALA Notable Children's Book
  • WINNER | 1996
    Carnegie Medal
  • SELECTION | 2000
    YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
  • SELECTION | 2000
    ALSC Notable Children's Recordings
  • SELECTION | 1999
    Publishers' Weekly Listen Up! Award
  • SELECTION | 1999
    Capitol Choices Noteworthy Audiobook
  • FINALIST | 1998
    Massachusetts Children's Book Award
  • SELECTION | 1997
    ALA Notable Children's Book
  • NOMINEE | 1997
    American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Award - Children

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Awards

  • WINNER
    AudioFile Earphones Award
  • WINNER | 2012
    TimeOutNewYorkKids.com 50 Best Books for Kids
  • WINNER | 2000
    Audie Awards
  • WINNER | 1999
    Texas Lonestar Reading List
  • WINNER | 1997
    Maine Student Book Award
  • WINNER | 1997
    ALA Best Books for Young Adults
  • WINNER | 1997
    ALA Notable Children's Book
  • WINNER | 1996
    Carnegie Medal
  • SELECTION | 2000
    YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
  • SELECTION | 2000
    ALSC Notable Children's Recordings
  • SELECTION | 1999
    Publishers' Weekly Listen Up! Award
  • SELECTION | 1999
    Capitol Choices Noteworthy Audiobook
  • FINALIST | 1998
    Massachusetts Children's Book Award
  • SELECTION | 1997
    ALA Notable Children's Book
  • NOMINEE | 1997
    American Booksellers Book of the Year (ABBY) Award - Children

Media

Watch the trailer for His Dark Materials

Guides

Educator Guide for

Classroom-based guides appropriate for schools and colleges provide pre-reading and classroom activities, discussion questions connected to the curriculum, further reading, and resources.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

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