LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Harry Potter is due to start his fifth year at Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is desperate to get back to school and find
out why his friends Ron and Hermione have been so secretive all summer.
But before he even gets to school, Harry survives a terrifying encounter
with two Dementors, attends a court hearing at the Ministry of Magic
and is escorted on a night-time broomstick ride to the secret
headquarters of a mysterious group called 'The Order of the Phoenix'
...This is a gripping and electrifying novel, full of suspense, secrets,
and - of course - magic.
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I've yet to meet a ten-year-old who hasn't been entranced by its witty, complex plot and the character of the eponymous Harry Independent
Spellbinding, enchanting, bewitching stuff Mirror
Teachers say a chapter can silence the most rowdy of classes Guardian
One of the greatest literary adventures of modern times Sunday Telegraph
The Harry Potter stories will join that small group of children's books which are read and reread into adulthood TLS
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About J.K. Rowling
J. K. (Jo) Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury in the UK in 1965. She attended the University of Exeter in Devon where she studied French. Her parents hoped that by studying languages, she would enjoy a great career as a bilingual secretary. But as Jo recalls, 'I am one of the most disorganised people in the world and, as I later proved, the worst secretary ever.' She claims that she never paid much attention in meetings because she was too busy scribbling down ideas.
When she was 26, she went to Portugal to teach English, which she really enjoyed. Working afternoons and evenings, she had mornings free to write. When she returned to the UK, Jo had a suitcase full of stories about Harry Potter. In 1996, one year after finishing the book, Bloomsbury bought Jo's first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. A few months after 'Harry' was accepted for publication in Britain, an American publisher bought the rights for enough money to enable Jo to write full time.
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