The Subtle Knife - Outside of a Dog

Hardcover, 341 pages

English language

Published Dec. 21, 1997 by Scholastic Press.

ISBN:: 9780590542432

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As the boundaries between worlds begin to dissolve, Lyra and her daemon help Will Parry in his search for his father and for a powerful, magical knife.

She had asked: What is he? A friend or an enemy?

The alethiometer answered: He is a murderer.

When she saw the answer, she relaxed at once.

Lyra finds herself in a shimmering, haunted otherworld – Cittàgazze, where soul-eating Spectres 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.

On a perilous journey from world to world, Lyra and Will uncover a deadly secret: an object of extraordinary and devastating power.

And with every step, they move closer to an even greater threat – and the shattering truth of their own destiny.

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family and other wonders - Chapter 8 - resonance_and_d - Harry Potter - J. ... (p19 of 22)
[117]^1 The out-of-order series I'm thinking of is the His Dark Materials
trilogy, where I do actually think it reads better in the order 2-1-3 rather
than 1-2-3. That trilogy didn't come out until later, so it can't be what
Harry and Nym are talking about, which is why I left it vague. Those books are
also probably not ideal most 10-year-olds age wise? But that's about the age I
was when I read them.

[…]
character. It turns out that the book is the second one in the series, but Nym
insists that the second book is a better starting point than the first anyway.

"I read them out of order at your age," she tells him. "Not on purpose, mind you,
but it worked out fine. The first book is …

family and other wonders - Chapter 8 - resonance_and_d - Harry Potter - J. ... (p19 of 22)
[117]^1 The out-of-order series I'm thinking of is the His Dark Materials
trilogy, where I do actually think it reads better in the order 2-1-3 rather
than 1-2-3. That trilogy didn't come out until later, so it can't be what
Harry and Nym are talking about, which is why I left it vague. Those books are
also probably not ideal most 10-year-olds age wise? But that's about the age I
was when I read them.

[…]
character. It turns out that the book is the second one in the series, but Nym
insists that the second book is a better starting point than the first anyway.

"I read them out of order at your age," she tells him. "Not on purpose, mind you,
but it worked out fine. The first book is from another character's point of view,
and it doesn't really matter if you start with the first or the second book, as
long as you read both before you get to the third. That's when they meet up."
[116]^1