His Dark Materials Omnibus by Philip Pullman (2007)

The "His Dark Materials" series is an amazing piece of literature.

Following the lives of two children in two different worlds over a course of two years as a religious battle erupts all around them. Their adventures seem to almost never-end but every adventure is with it's purpose and specific outcome in the big picture of the religious battle. Pullman does a great job keeping you wondering who is really good and who is bad. This book takes a very dark fictional view of the Christian Church - although much of it historically accurate in representation and symbolism. The book also draws much from old world pagan concepts (pre-christian) as well as various metaphyiscal ideas. Overall I would not recommend this book to someone with very strong Christian religious convictions.

For those with a religiously open mind - this book is wonderful as it teaches one to question the majority - to look at the world of "good" and "sin" in a much more realistic and complicated way. It raises many questions about life, death, good, evil, heaven, hell, love and religion that a parent with a young child should be prepaired to discuss. It's a wonderful tool in opening the mind of a young child to recognize the many different cultures, religions, and belief systems we have in our world today.

I probably wouldn't recommend this story for kids under 10.

I COULDN'T PUT THIS BOOK DOWN HAD TO READ ALL THREE TO THE END, IT IS A WONDERFUL WAY FOR CHILDREN TO LEARN AND USE THEIR IMAGINATIONS, BY READING THINGS THAT WILL KEEP THEIR ATTENTION!

I bought this book after hearing much controversy about it. I like to see things for myself and try to keep an open mind, especially where religeon is concerned. I have found this book to be a very good read. Phillip Pullman is a good author. He gives you all the information you need to keep your attention. This book actually contains three books in one and I have only finished the first and am about half way through the second. Hard to put down. I highly recomend this book as long as you can keep an open mind and seperate real from fantasy. They have made a movie of the First book "The Golden Compass". I have not seen the movie yet.

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