December 5, 2009

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling


The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses.

And Yet...

As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-years students learn to Apparate-and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasly Twins expand their business. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never staightforward, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the Half-Blood Prince

So it's the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of teh story of Harry Potter. Here at Hogwarts, Harry will search for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort- and thereby find what may be his only vulnerability.

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