Rowling, J.K._Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince._Scholastic, 2005 [0-439-78454-9]
As he turns 17 Harry and the gang enter their 6th year at
Hogwarts. In this book we learn much of the early history of
Voldemort through a system of Dumbledore gathering people's
memories so that he and Harry can experience. In between
that, Harry and his friends are growing up and are having
the relationship struggles of early teens. Early in this
652 page book, Harry needs to borrow a used copy of the
Potions text book and gets one that has a lot of handwritten
notes in it, signed by "The Half-Blood Prince." As you
probably know by now, a significant character dies in this
book. I will not ruin it by telling you who (although
someone did tell me.) After such a long time between books,
I was worried about not being able to get into the story and
characters again, but Rowling starts out the book reminding
the reader of previous happenings in an easy and not
over-done way. The climax scene is a visual and
heart-wrenching experience for the reader. What I say here,
will not influence whether you buy the book, but I also
encourage you to read this series since you can be sure your
students will be reading it.
*****
Frederick Muller, Librarian
Halsted Middle School Library
Newton, NJ 07860
fmuller@tellurian.net
My book comments are compiled at:
http://www.halsted.org/br.htm
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