His Dark Materials

Golden Compass was excellent, and I look foreward to reading the other two.

The books are great and all, when you know what you're getting into. His Dark Materials was never that popular (relatively) around here, but with the movie coming out you just know people are going to backtrack and pick up the book.

The Golden Compass. Polar bears! Adventure! Fantasy! MAgic! Hooray!

But what happens after that? You're going to get some very confused/disappointed/mind boggled kids running around after they finish Amber Spyglass....