Lyra Belacqua lives at Jordan College in Oxford among the learned scholars but with very few playmates of her own. Luckily she has her demon, Pantalaimon, who accompanies her everywhere, changing shapes to resemble different animal. Lyra's uncle Asriel visits the college, and would have been poisoned is Lyra had not been spying on the professors in their private rooms.

What if you find out your little sister is a witch, but your mom forbids her from using her powers to help you get a date to the Spring Fling, and your dad is about to get remarried and only your sister can save you?

My friend Daulton recommended this adventure story to me, and it was awesome!