Northern Lights

Imagine the world, very similar to our, but sideways about side with people live fantastic creatures, for example, witches and armored bears ... And the soul of a person is able to take the form of the animal - Damon.
Twelve-year-old Siroute Lira Belakva together with his daimon Panteleimon lives in Oxford. Her uncle is a powerful Lord Azriel - comes to college in order to organize an expedition to the north. The purpose of his trip is to find out the origin of the mysterious dust, which can be seen in the photos taken in these places.
Soon after leaving uncle, the mysterious priests kidnap the lira, a boy-servant. There are terrible legends that they take children to the distant north.
The girl goes in search of his friend, and in this journey it opens the secrets about their own family and about fate, which is waiting for her on frosty lands