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Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince (book6) (Paperback)
by J.K. Rowling , Mary GrandPre (Illustrator)
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Author: J.K. Rowling , Mary GrandPre (Illustrator)
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Pub. in: July, 2006
ISBN: 0439785960
Pages: 652
Measurements: 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.5 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00226
Other information: Reprint edition
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- Awards & Credential -
A winner of the National Book Award
A winner of the Smarties Prize
A winner of the Children's Book Award
It is short-listed for the Carnegie Medal (the U.K. version of the Newbery Medal) |
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The long-awaited, eagerly anticipated, arguably over-hyped Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has arrived, and the question on the minds of kids, adults, fans, and skeptics alike is, "Is it worth the hype?" The answer, luckily, is simply yes. A darker book than any in the series thus far with a level of sophistication belying its genre, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince moves the series into murkier waters and marks the arrival of Rowling onto the adult literary scene. While she has long been praised for her cleverness and wit, the strength of Book 6 lies in her subtle development of key characters, as well as her carefully nuanced depiction of a community at war.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, no one and nothing is safe, including preconceived notions of good and evil and of right and wrong. With each book in her increasingly remarkable series, fans have nervously watched J.K. Rowling raise the stakes; gone are the simple delights of butterbeer and enchanted candy, and days when the worst ailment could be cured by a bite of chocolate. A series that began as a colorful lark full of magic and discovery has become a dark and deadly war zone. But this should not come as a shock to loyal readers. Rowling readied fans with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by killing off popular characters and engaging the young students in battle. Still, there is an unexpected bleakness from the start of Book 6 that casts a mean shadow over Quidditch games, silly flirtations, and mountains of homework. Ready or not, the tremendous ending of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will leave stunned fans wondering what great and terrible events await in Book 7 if this sinister darkness is meant to light the way.
Target readers:
Readers of all ages
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J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter's magic has touched a huge audience of all ages all over the world. In America, there are nearly 80 million books in print, and each title has been on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. The fifth title, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, has already broken records with its first print run of 6.8 million copies and a second print run of an additional 1.7 million copies, a figure unprecedented for any book. J. K. Rowling has won the Hugo Award, the Bram Stoker Award, the Whitbread Award for Best Children's Book, a special commendation for the Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize, and a special certificate for being a three-year winner of the Smarties Prize, as well as many other honors. She has been a featured guest on "60 Minutes," "The Today Show," and "Larry King Live." Rowling has also been named an Officer of the British Empire. Rowling first thought of Harry while riding a train back in 1990. "Harry just strolled into my head fully formed." She worked on the book for several years, finding quiet moments while her daughter napped. Several publishers turned down the finished manuscript before one took interest. In 1998, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone was published in the United States, kicking off Harry-mania. Suddenly, kids were reading again, and their parents wanted to read the same books! The second and third books were published in the spring and fall of 1999. On July 8, 2000, the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire became a major celebration, with bookstore events occurring at midnight nationwide. The book sold an unprecedented three million copies in the first 48 hours of release and according to Publishers Weekly is "the fastest-selling book in history." Warner Bros. enjoys certain rights in respect to all the Harry Potter books and has exercised its option to create films on all of those that have been published to date; Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets have each been released to critical praise and record-setting box-office success. With over 170 million books sold, the books have been translated into 55 languages and distributed in over 200 countries. Each of the first four books are currently on bestseller lists in the United States, Britain, and around the globe. Joanne Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury near Bristol, England. After she graduated from Exeter University, she found work as a secretary, and later spent time teaching English in Portugal before moving to Edinburgh, Scotland, with her daughter. She currently resides in Scotland with her husband and two children.
Mary GrandPre: Educated at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Mary GrandPre began her career as a conceptual illustrator for local editorial clients. Continually experimenting with media, Mary underwent many artistic changes in her expressive visual form. Her concerns for light, color, drawing, and design came together in evocative, ethereal pastel paintings evolving toward a style she now calls "soft geometry". Mary's new work attracted corporate advertising and editorial clients. Some of the include: Ogilvy & Mather, BBD&O, Whittle Communications, The Richards Group, Neenah Paper, Atlantic Monthly Magazine, Random House, Berkley, Penguin, Dell and McGraw Hill publishers. Recently, she was featured on the cover of Time Magazine for her work with the Harry Potter Series and also worked as a visionary in the environment/scenery development in DreamWorks animated film Antz. Mary's work has received national recognition through awards received from: The Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, Graphis, Print and Art Direction. Her work was chosen among thousands of illustrators to be on the cover of Showcase 16, and an article was written about her "conceptual editorial assignments" in Step-by-Step Graphics. Communications Arts Magazine has also done a "career retrospective" article in their January/February 200 edition. Additionally, Mary has now illustrated six beautiful children's books and is at work on the seventh. Her book illustration possesses highly personalized lyrical story interpretations and has received very favorable reviews in the national press. It is unusual for an illustrator to work successfully in so many genres of illustration at one time, from advertising and corporate to editorial and children's books. Her reputation is now world renown for her delightfully stunning illustrations.
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After months of frenzied anticipation and wild speculation about the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, the numerous bombshells and incredible plot twists in the sixth, ever-darkening installment of J. K. Rowling's bestselling Harry Potter saga will leave readers as shocked and stunned as they are utterly satisfied.
As the novel begins, a "grim mood" has fallen over the country. The minions of Lord Voldemort continue to grow as his evil spreads. The Ministry of Magic has stepped up security everywhere, and as Harry enters his sixth year at Hogwarts, he begins to see himself - and everyone around him - in a different, more discerning, light. With rumors swirling about Harry being the prophesied "Chosen One," he begins taking private lessons from Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore. As Dumbledore prepares Harry for his destined clash with Voldemort by revealing jaw-dropping insights into the Dark Lord's past - who his parents were, what happened after he left Hogwarts, and more - Harry also struggles to uncover the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, the past owner of a potion’s textbook he now possesses that is filled with ingenious, potentially deadly, spells. But Harry's life is suddenly changed forever when someone close to him is heinously murdered right before his eyes...
With only one book to go before the series' projected conclusion, Rowling masterfully sets the stage for what will surely be an epic battle to end all battles. The chess pieces are all in place for a magic-powered endgame that will be as thrilling as it is bittersweet.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
Harry and his friends go back to Hogwarts suspecting Draco Malfoy of being a deatheater. Harry gets private lessons with Dumbeldore, where he learns about Voldemort. All six years learn how to apparatus. Finally Harry must go on an important mission with Dumbeldore to retrieve a Horcrux from a cave. Horcruxes are a part of a person’s soul that he puts in objects. The only way to kill Voldemort is to destroy all his Horcruxes. They go the cave to get the Horcrux. Meanwhile Deatheaters attack Hogwarts. To find out more read the book. I found it too much of a disappointment to buy in hardcover. Buy it in paperback, which is out now. |
C. E. Silva (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
Though it cannot be said that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince lacks entertaining devices, nor that it has not been written as skillfully as its predecessors, it stroke me kind of disappointing anyway. And I came to realize that Harry Potter himself is the reason why I barely liked the sixth issue of what is about to become a literary soap opera. Its main character is the favorite prey to stubbornness and bad temper. Potter does not struggle against his apparently unconscious determination to remain as the let-me-safe-the-wizarding-world-me-myself-alone, and since that is not an easy enterprise he is losing his temper permanently. Another Potter's annoying tinge is his fake altruism. Even if he looks as the uttermost altruistic wizard, he actually behaves, for the most part, as a self-centered regular human being led by an almost unbeatable desire for revenge himself on his dark and feared enemy. So he has this constant paranoid drive which contributes to worsen the annoying atmosphere of this quite imaginative tale. I must confess that I prefer Potter's selfishness-proof companions. They are clever and funny. This time, Hermione's brain had to bow down before her hormones. So did Ron (and Potter himself). Hermione and Ron are the needed fresh air when Potter gets stuck with his obsessions. Notwithstanding what was said, Miss Rowling is a master of the parallel worlds and she has the knack for investing them with quite veritable traits of reality. One tends to believe that the Muggle World and the Wizarding World exist indeed. She just adds a high dose of magic to her well crafted writing, and that's it. Anyway, I'm waiting for the next books, which, I dare to forecast, will be no less than four. |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
Even though I am an adult I find the adventures of Harry Potter captivating and this latest is no different. I could not put it down. That has to be the only flaw; the adventure is over too quickly. I was so disappointed with Snape but have to give him credit; he played his mole role to perfection. I am looking forward to the last book to see if he has to pay the piper for his dastardly deeds. |
A reader (MSL qutoe), USA
<2006-12-28 00:00>
This book is by far the saddest of the series, but it answered so many questions. It was written as a teen might react, and for that it held realism in the characters. The scenes were vivid and detailed. I hooked and stayed up an entire night reading this book. I can’t wait for that 7th and final installment of the series. |
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