The title Northern Lights relates to the book because a girl called Lyra hears about “the dust” from her uncle, Lord Asriel’s cupboard. She travels to the north with the Gyptians to recover the stolen children and her uncle from the gobblers.
The title Golden Compass relats to the book because just before Lyra left Jordan College her uncle gave her a golden compas, the Alethiometer.
The book starts with introducing Lyra, Pantalaimon, he daemon and her uncle, who live with the scholar's of Jordan College. They soon find that some of the children in the neighbourhood have been taken by the gobblers. Her uncle gives Lyra a compas like tool called the Alethiometer. It tells the truth when and if you ask the