This week I started the Golden Compass by Phillip Pulman. I've heard a lot about this book, everyone who has read it says its great. Its starts out with a girl who is curoius about the room that all the scholars meet in to discuss things. She gets stuck there hiding when the butler comes in. She has to hide in the wardrobe of coats. Her name is Lyra and her uncle is coming to visit. His name is Lord Asriel. He comes to the university to give a presentation for the scholars. So while shes hiding in the wardrobe the butler comes in and puts wine out before her uncle gets there. Then the main scholar comes in and puts poisen in the wine. When her uncle comes to drink it she bursts out and stops him from drinking it. He says for her to get back in the closet, and she does. Then all the scholars come to see the presentation. Lord Asriel shows them pictures that he took. They are the same pictures but different devoleped of something. It's of this stuff called Dust. He shows the northern lights and there is a city in the middle of it. They let him go on the expedition to go see what it is thats happening there. The last expedition that went to the north pole they found the leaders head. I read for two and a half hours