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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

|Arthur A. Levine Books©2005·672 pages

Welcome to Harry Potter #6. We kick this adventure off with an amusing scene featuring our former Minister of Magic Fudge, his successor Scrimgeour and ‘The Other Minister” for the muggles. As with all the others, this one is packed with wisdom. Big Ideas we explore include: the importance of friends (Dumbledore and scientists agree!), liquid luck (remember the U Curve—too much of a good thing *isn’t* a good thing), cleverer than most? expect correspondingly huger mistakes, the placebo effect and Ron’s goalkeeping, and walking into the arena with your head held high.


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J. K. Rowling
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J. K. Rowling

Novelist and screenwriter who wrote the Harry Potter fantasy series.