Some years ago I spent two terms teaching English at a girls’ grammar school and during that time I tried as best I could to encourage my students to read for pleasure. At the start of one lesson with a group of Year 7s (that’s 1st year seniors in old money, so 11 and 12 … More His Dark Materials Trilogy (Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass) by Philip Pullman