The Golden Compass (part 2) by Philip Pullman

This is the second entry in my book journal about this book. I suggest that you read the first entry before reading this.

So far, this is what has happened since last time. A gobbler kidnaps the main character Lyra. A gobbler is a person who steals children, and brings them up to the north. There is a large network of these seemingly ordinary people, and everyone is trying to figure out “why would anyone want to steal children?” She gets pampered like a princess by the gobbler (who is actually someone very important). Lyra’s daemon tells Lyra that she has been kidnapped, and luckily, she runs away!

Lyra gets rescued by a group of people named the Gyptians. Lyra even has some close family ties with the group of people, or culture. The Gyptians take Lyra in, and treat her like fa
mily. The Gyptians have gotten a lot of children stolen by the gobblers, so they plan to go to the north to rescue all of the children. After hours of persuading done by Lyra, they also take her along.

My opinion about this book still hasn’t changed, in that it is very well written, and very consistent in its quality

For the next entry, this is what I predict will happen. I predict that Lyra will go on a boat and get to the north. I also predict that she will have an easy time coping with the north, and the troubles that arise in it, because she is very tomboyish and tough. But I do think that her and the crew of Gyptians that have arrived in the north will experience much violence and pain.