At the teen book group meeting last Tuesday, about mid-way through our conversation on Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass, I said to the girls attending, “So, did you guys hear which book won the award for best young adult book of the year?”  Then I indulged in a big, mischievous grin, and they collectively gasped and said, “Ack!  Not that Antarctica book!!!!”  When I nodded, all three girls (the three who posted their thoughts on The White Darkness here a few months ago) burst into unrestrained laughter.

I still love the book, though.  🙂