J.K. Rowling, author and creator of the Harry Potter phenomenon, partnered with Sony to create Pottermore, an interactive website that will be available in October 2011. ... Although rumors circulated that a sequel to series would be released, Rowling is sticking to her promise that the Harry Potter series ended with the seventh book. However, Rowling promising to release new content on the Pottermore website that she has been "hoarding for years" (Clark). Rod Henwood, CEO of Pottermore, reported that Rowling has already written at least 18,000 words of new material for the site, "which w...

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix All five of the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling, are fantasy novels filled with witches wizards and mythical creatures. ... Rowling makes even school sound fun! ... J.K Rowling has a unique ability to invent realistic and effective storylines and characters and themes she invents for her novels are so original. ... J.K Rowling is now one of the best loved children's authors in the world: due to the success of the books in the previous three years a series of films are being produced based on the award winning novels. ...

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Generally, people enjoy books and movies as forms of entertainment and relaxation; yet some prefer their entertainment to contain developmental values as well. This raises the question which one is better for educational and developmental purposes. Unlike watching movies, reading fiction develops va...

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After reading the first book in the series, by J.K. Rowling's, I was hooked, on the novels that is. ... This was illustrated by Claudia Puig, "But the movie ultimately lacks the book's delightful whimsy and much of the sly verbal humor that made Rowling's tales so charming" (par. 1). ... Shawn Fitzgerald writes, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the much-anticipated film adaptation of the first of the J.K. Rowling's literary blockbusters, is the ultimate example of Hollywood playing it safe to ensure maximum monetary returns" (par. 1). ...

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True to all of J.K. Rowling's series to date, this novel is excellent reading and will be legendary reading for generations to come. Rowling has the ability to draw us into Harry's reality of a painful childhood, which many readers can relate to, while also tantalizing us with the mystic unknown world of magic. Some readers may think that Rowling spends too much time tying in the novel with the backgrounds from her previous two Harry Potter books, but it is time well spent for those of us with slow memory recall. For those readers willing to be present to the wisdom of Rowling...

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Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone J.K. Rowling Harry Potter a wizard student a Hogwarts School of Magic. He has brown hair with a bowl cut. He wears circular shaped glasses with a lightning bolt-shaped scar on the upper right of forehead. The one who gave him the scar was a wicked wizard...

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1) My first book I read over the summer was Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which was written by J.K. Rowling. The Copyright date of the book is 1998 and the book contains 309 pages. 2) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is about a boy named Harry Potter who found out he was a wizard wh...

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Everyone has a skill or something special about them that they are known for. Harry Potter, for example, the main character in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was written by J.K. Rowling, is known for being "the boy who lived". His skills are defeating He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named a.k.A Lord Volde...

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