“Harry Potter" is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the life of a young wizard,Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, the Dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the Ministry of Magic, subjugate non-magic people (Muggles) and destroy anyone who stands in his way. CLICK "OFFICIAL TRAILER" TO VIEW MORE.
The Harry Potter Series
Product Info
Paperback: 4167 pages
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing, Arthur A. Levine Books, Little, Brown Book (26 June 1997 – 21 July 2007)
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Young Adult Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Bildungsroman
Product Dimensions: 5 x 8.2 x 8 inchesEditors' Review
The world of Harry Potter is a place where the mundane and the marvelous, the ordinary and the surreal coexist. It’s a place where cars can fly and owls can deliver the mail, a place where paintings talk and a mirror reflects people’s innermost desires. It’s also a place utterly recognizable to readers, a place where death and the catastrophes of daily life are inevitable, and people’s lives are defined by love and loss and hope — the same way they are in our own mortal world. Ms. Rowling’s astonishingly limber voice moves effortlessly between Ron’s adolescent sarcasm and Harry’s growing solemnity, from youthful exuberance to more philosophical gravity, “Deathly Hallows” is, for the most part, a somber book that marks Harry’s final initiation into the complexities and sadnesses of adulthood.
Author
J. K. Rowling
Joanne "Jo" Rowling, born on 31 July 1965, pen names J. K. Rowling and Robert Galbraith, is a British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series. Born in Yate, Gloucestershire, England, Rowling was working as a researcher and bilingual secretary for Amnesty International when she conceived the idea for the Harry Potter series while on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990.
Winning Awards
4 Whitaker Platinum Book Awards 2001
3 Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes (1997-1999)
2 Scottish Arts Council Book Awards (1999 & 2001)
Whitbread children's book of the year award (1999)
#1 New York Times Bestseller