Sequel to: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
General Note
Sequel: Harry Potter and the deathly hallows.
Participants/Performers
Illustrated by Mary Grandpre.
Description
Sixth-year Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses.
Target Audience
Middle School.
Target Audience
920 L,Lexile
Target Audience
920L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,MG,7.2,29.0,Quiz 89154 EN
Study Program Information
Reading Counts,6-8,6.5,34.0,Quiz: 37231.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG+,7.2,29,89154.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,MG,7.2,29.0,Quiz 89154 EN
Study Program Information
Reading Counts,6-8,6.5,34.0,Quiz: 37231.
Biographical or Historical Data
Joanne Rowling was born in July 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent where she went to Wyedean Comprehensive. Jo left Chepstow for Exeter University, where she earned a French and Classics degree, her course including one year in Paris. As a postgraduate she moved to London and worked as a researcher at Amnesty International among other jobs. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a delayed Manchester to London King's Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Jo then moved to northern Portugal, where she taught English as a foreign language. The book was first published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in June 1997, under the name J.K. Rowling. The "K", for Kathleen, her paternal grandmother's name was added at her publisher's request who thought that a woman's name would not appeal to the target audience of young boys.
Awards
American Library Association Young Adult Library Services Association--YALSA--Best Books for Young Adults (2006).
Rowling, J. K.,, and Mary GrandPré. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2005.
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