The Secret Commonwealth

The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman. If there isn't a Norwich City supporter's branch of english literature then I'm happy to start one here. It's diverse admittedly. Delia Smith's no nonsense cookbooks, Stephen Fry's classical and bawdy comedy and Philip Pullman's so called kid's books. Readers of this book might be in for a bit of shock - Lyra has periods and has to fight off attempted rape from a bunch of soldiers. This is not kid's stuff of course. What I like about Philip's books are the fact that they crush age, gender and religious stereotypes. Like the timeless, ageless books of Alan Garner or Susan Cooper (but I'm not sure about what teams they support so can't include them here).