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Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels by English author J. K. Rowlingabout a teenage boy named Harry Potter. Since the release of the first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (retitled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the United States) in 1997, the books have gained immense popularity, critical acclaim and commercial success worldwide, spawning films, video games and assorted merchandise. The seven books published to date have collectively sold more than 377 million copies and have been translated into more than 63 languages. More About Harry Potter

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Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson (born 15 April 1990) is a French-born English actress who rose to prominence playing Hermione Granger, one of three starring roles in the Harry Potter film series. Watson was cast as Hermione at the age of nine, having acted only in school plays. From 2001 to 2007, she starred in five Harry Potter film installments alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint. She will return for the final three installments: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, due to be released in 2008, and the two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Watson's work in the Harry Potter series has earned her several awards and more than £10 million.

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That possible titles for Book 7 were "Harry Potter and the Elder Wand" and "Harry Potter and the Peverell Quest"?
That Harry Potter marries Ginny Weasley and has 3 children named James Sirius Potter, Albus Severus Potter, and Lily Luna Potter?
That Ron Weasley marries Hermione Granger and has 2 children named Rose Alivia Weasley & Hugo Arthur Weasley?
That Draco Malfoy marries Astoria Greengrass and has a child named Scorpius Hyperion Malfoy?
That Fred Weasley and George Weasley were born on April Fools' Day?
That J. K. Rowling, author of the books, was born on July 31, the same date Harry Potter was born? (Note: JKR was born in 1965, while Harry was born in 1980)
That the Hogwarts school motto, Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus, is Latin for "Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon?"
That Dumbledore means "Bumblebee" in Old English?
That Severus means "Grumpy" in Latin?
That George Weasley marries Angelina Johnson, Fred's Yule Ball date, and has 2 children, Fred and Roxanne Abigal Weasley?
Luna Lovegood marries Rolf Scamander, great-grandson of naturlist Newt Scamander, and has twin boys called Lorcan and Lysander?
Bill and Fleur have 3 children called Victoire, Dominique and Louis?
Hannah Abbot goes on to marry Neville Longbottom and own the Leaky Cauldron?
Teddy Lupin is sorted into Hufflepuff?
That Ginny Weasley played professional quidditch for the Holyhead Harpies?
That Neville Longbottom married Hannah Abbot?
That Ron Weasley helped his brother George with Weasley Wizard Wheezes before working with Harry at the Auror office?

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Quotes

Cornelious Fudge: "He's back!"

Dobby: "Harry...Potter..."

Severus Snape: "Look...at...me..." he whispered.

The green eyes found the black, but after a second something in the depths of the dark pair seemed to vanish, leaving them fixed, blank and empty. The hand holding Harry thudded to the floor, and Snape moved no more.

Severus Snape: "Always."

Luna Lovegood: "A Wrackspurt - they're invisible, they float in through your ears and make your brain go fuzzy," she said. "I thought I felt one zooming around in here."

Harry Potter: "I don't know who Maxime thinks she's kidding. If Hagrid's half-giant, she definitely is. Big bones... the only thing that's got bigger bones than her is a dinosaur."

Draco Malfoy: "Longbottom, if brains were gold, you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something."

Severus Snape: "Oh, very good," interrupted Snape, his lip curling. "Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter. 'Ghosts are transparent.'"

Albus Dumbledore: "Humans have a knack for choosing precisely the things that are worst for them."

The Marauder's Map: "Mr. Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that (Professor Snape) ever became a professor."

Lucius Malfoy: Now let's everybody just... calm down. Shall we?

Ginny Weasley: "There's the silver lining I've been looking for," [When Harry admits dating possibilities on the run are pretty slim]

Hermione Granger: "I'm Going to Bed before Either of you come up with another clever idea to get us killed!...or worse EXPELLED!

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Quality Articles

Featured lists

List of Harry Potter films cast members

WikiProjects

Main WikiProject:
- Wikiproject Harry Potter
Other related WikiProjects:
- WikiProject Literature
- WikiProject Books

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Web links

Official Sites

Role Playing Sites

News Sites

Mugglenet: This site has News, information, games, editorials, and media; with a featured Podcast.[1]
HPANA (Harry Potter Automatic News Aggregator) This site has News collected from most Harry Potter sites on the internet and updates often[2].
The Leaky Cauldron: This site is a news site which features a huge picture gallery, a new video gallery, and also its own podcast.[3]

Information Sites

The Harry Potter Wiki at Wikia
[4] at [Harry Potter Info]]
The Harry Potter Lexicon: This site is an Online Harry Potter dictionary and reference guide [5]
Quick Quotes Quill: This site is an archive of JK Rowling's interviews

Fan Fiction Sites

Fiction Alley: This site has 80,000+ stories and chapters of fan fiction to read, discuss and listen to in podcast form; also fanart and vids
HarryPotterFanFiction.com: This site Over 46000 Stories written by fans.
MuggleNet Fanfiction

Smaller Sites

On-line Wizarding Library Boutique fan fiction archive staffed by volunteers, featuring English and foreign language pieces from every genre of Harry Potter fan fiction. Known for featuring wide selection of stories about Severus Snape.

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Featured Character

Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (born 1881), is a character in the Harry Potter novel series by J.K. Rowling. Dumbledore also appears in all five film adaptations. Dumbledore in the series is the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for most of the series, and is a leading character for most of the series in the fight against Voldemort. Dumbledore is described as tall and thin, with long silver hair that looked long enough to tuck into his belt and a long beard.

He is famous as an alchemist who has worked with Nicolas Flamel, the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone, and is credited with discovering the twelve uses of dragon's blood. He is known to be able to conjure Gubraithian Fire (magical everlasting fire). He holds the Order of Merlin, First Class, for Grand Sorcery. He is also the Chief Warlock on the Wizengamot (wizard court) and Supreme Mugwump for the International Confederation of Wizards.

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A Phoenix is a mythical creature possessing a number of magical abilities in the Harry Potter series by J.K.Rowling. A tail feather of a phoenix is sometimes used as the core of a magical wand. Whenever a phoenix dies, whether it be by violence or old age, it bursts into flame and is promptly reborn out of the ashes as a baby phoenix.
Phoenix tears are said to have healing properties and these birds can carry immensely heavy weights. In the series Dumbledore's pet Fawkes is the only phoenix that is mentioned. It is said to be colored red and gold and roughly the size of a swan. Interestingly both Harry Potter's and Lord Voldemort's have Fawkes' tail feather in their wand core.

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Harry Potter News

March 13, 2008: Warner Brothers announced that the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows movie will be released in two parts. Part 1 will be released in November 2010 and Part 2 will be released in May 2011. [6]

July 21, 2007: The Deathly Hallows was released at midnight

May 29, 2007: Warner Brothers announced that the release date for the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie has been moved from July 13 to July 11.

May 23, 2007: J.K.Rowling has announced that she will be doing a signing of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at the Natural History Museum in London. 1700 fans will have their copies signed and will receive a free copy of the 7th book, courtesy of Bloomsbury, UK. 500 of these fans will also be randomly selected to hear J.K.Rowling read from the book at midnight.

May 8, 2007: With nearly 11 weeks to go till the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Amazon.com announced this morning that it has taken more than 1 million pre-orders worldwide and that it has lowered the price once again for the book.[7]

May 8, 2007: JK Rowling has updated her web site's FAQ section on the books, answering questions about Draco, Voldemort's birthday and what houses Tonks and Myrtle were in.[8]

March 28, 2007: The cover art for the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, has been announced! The covers for the UK version and US version were released. The US version is drawn by Mary GrandPre, and the UK version is by Jason Crockcroft. [9]

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