Potter Book

The Magic of Harry Potter   by Carolyn Clayton

The story of Harry Potter is found in a popular series of seven fantasy books written by the British author JK Rowling. The hero in these stories is the character of Harry Potter. The fantasy in these books revolves around magic. Harry is born a wizard and therefore has the power to perform magic. He realizes that there are many other magic people on earth who are witches and wizards and who live unknown amongst the ‘Muggles’, or normal people who have no magic powers. When Harry is eleven years old a letter is sent to him that invites him to attend Hogwarts, a boarding school for young wizards and witches. Each of the seven books in the series tells the reader about a year of Harry’s life at his school, the people he meets at the school, what he learns, as well as his adventures.

There have been over 450 million copies of the book series that have been sold as of mid 2011, and the books have been translated into sixty-seven languages. The idea for the character and the books came to the author’s mind while waiting on a train that was delayed on the way to London in 1990. Her first book was completed in 1995 and the publishers asked her to use a more gender neutral name in case boys would be put off reading an exciting novel written by a woman. Harry’s birthday is on July 31st, which happens to be the author’s birthday as well.

Warner Brothers have made a series of films about the Harry Potter books. These books comprise:

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