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  • Location: Oxford

La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust 1)

La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust 1)

Why a Booktrail?

Visit Oxford and discover the mystery of The Book of Dust

  • ISBN: 978-0385604413
  • Genre: Childrens, Young Adult

What you need to know before your trail

Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dæmon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live. Malcolm learns they have a guest with them; a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua . .

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A) Oxford - "Jordan College"
C) Oxford boats on the River Thames

Booktrail Boarding Pass:  La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust 1)

Destination: Oxford  Author/Guide: Philip Pullman

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