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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
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Harry Potter: Book 7

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007) (edit title/settings)

by J. K. Rowling (Author) (edit contributors)

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In the final installment in the series Harry Potter, with his friends Ron Weasley, and Hermoine Granger, continue the seemingly impossible, quest and burden to hunt and destroy the remaining Horcruxes to thwart Lord Voldemort and his dark plans. Along the way, Harry tackles many hurdles such... read more

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Epigraphs:
For the first time in the series, Rowling placed two epigraphs at the beginning of the book. The first is a passage from the play The Libation-Bearers by the Greek playwright Aeschylus. The second is a passage from More Fruits of Solitude by the Quaker leader William... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Epigraphs:
For the first time in the series, Rowling placed two epigraphs at the beginning of the book. The first is a passage from the play The Libation-Bearers by the Greek playwright Aeschylus. The second is a passage from More Fruits of Solitude by the Quaker leader William Penn.

Plot introduction:
Throughout the six previous novels in the Harry Potter series, the main character, Harry Potter, has struggled with the inherent difficulties of adolescence along with being a famous wizard. When Harry was a baby, Lord Voldemort, a powerful evil wizard, murdered Harry's parents but mysteriously vanished after attempting to kill Harry. This results in Harry's immediate fame, and his being placed in the care of his muggle, or non-magical, relatives Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.
Harry re-enters the wizarding world at age 11, enrolling in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and is soon confronted by Lord Voldemort, who is trying to regain power (and a body). Returning to school after summer break, there are several attacks on students after the legendary "Chamber of Secrets" is thought to be opened. Harry ends the attacks by killing a Basilisk and defeating Lord Voldemort's "memory" stored in an enchanted diary. The following year, Harry hears that he has been targeted by escaped murderer Sirius Black. Despite stringent security measures at Hogwarts, Harry is confronted by Sirius Black at the end of his third year of schooling and Harry learns that Black was framed and is his godfather. Harry's fourth year of school sees him entered in a dangerous magical competition called the Triwizard Tournament. At the conclusion of the Tournament, Harry witnesses the return of Lord Voldemort to full strength. When the next school year begins, the Ministry of Magic appoints Dolores Umbridge as the new High Inquisitor of Hogwarts. After forming an underground student group in opposition to Umbridge, Harry and several of his friends face off against Voldemort's Death Eaters, a group of Dark witches and wizards, and narrowly defeat them. In Harry's sixth year of school, he learns that Voldemort has been using Horcruxes to become immortal. Horcruxes are fragments of the soul that are placed within an object so that when the body dies, a part of the soul remains and the person can be regenerated or resurrected.<8> However, the destruction of the creator's body leaves the wizard or witch in a state of half-life, without corporeal form.<9> When returning from a mission to discover a Horcrux, Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster of the school and Harry's mentor, is murdered by Severus Snape, a teacher at the school with whom Harry is consistently at odds and who Harry has suspected of being a Death Eater. At the conclusion of the book, Harry pledges not to return to school the following year and to search for Horcruxes instead.

Plot summary:
Following Dumbledore's death, Voldemort has completed his ascension to power and gains control of the Ministry of Magic. Harry, Ron, and Hermione drop out of school so that they can find and destroy Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes. They isolate themselves to ensure the safety of their family and friends. They do not have much knowledge about the remaining Horcruxes except the possibility that two of them are objects that belonged to Hogwarts founders Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff, and that the third is Nagini, Voldemort's snake familiar. The locations of the two founders' objects are unknown, and Nagini is presumed to be with Voldemort himself. As they search for the Horcruxes, the trio learn details about Dumbledore's past, as well as Snape's true motives.
The trio recovers the first of Voldemort's Horcruxes, Salazar Slytherin's locket, by infiltrating the Ministry of Magic. They recover the Sword of Godric Gryffindor; it is one of a few objects that can be used to destroy Horcruxes, and they use it to destroy the locket. In their travels the trio come across a strange symbol, which an eccentric wizard named Xenophilius Lovegood tells them represents the mythical Deathly Hallows. The Hallows are revealed to be three sacred objects: the Resurrection Stone, a stone with the power to bring others back to life; the Elder Wand, an unbeatable wand; and an infallible Invisibility Cloak. Harry learns that Voldemort is after the Elder Wand, but the trio decides that discovering Voldemort's Horcruxes is more important than procuring the wand for themselves. They break into Bellatrix Lestrange's vault at the Wizarding Bank Gringotts to recover another Horcrux, the cup of Helga Hufflepuff. Harry learns that another Horcrux is hidden in Hogwarts, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione enter the school. They find this Horcrux, the Diadem of Ravenclaw, and successfully destroy both.
The book culminates in the Battle of Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, and Hermione, in conjunction with students and members of the wizarding world opposed to the rise of Voldemort, defend Hogwarts from Voldemort, his Death Eaters, and various magical creatures. Several major characters are killed in the first wave of the battle. Harry discovers that Voldemort inadvertently made Harry a Horcrux when he attacked him as a baby, and that he would have to die to destroy Voldemort. Harry surrenders himself to Voldemort, who attacks Harry with the Killing Curse, sending Harry to a sort of Limbo between life and death. There, Harry meets Dumbledore who explains that because Voldemort used Harry's blood to regain his full strength, Harry is protected from any harm that Voldemort could commit, meaning that the Horcrux inside of Harry is destroyed but that he can return to his body despite being hit by the Killing Curse. Harry then returns to his body, the battle resumes, and after the last remaining Horcrux is destroyed, Harry is able to defeat Voldemort.

Epilogue:
Nineteen years later, Harry and Ginny Weasley are married and have three children: James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna. Ron married Hermione and has two children, Rose and Hugo. The families meet at King's Cross station, where a nervous Albus is departing for his first year at Hogwarts. Harry's godson, Teddy Lupin, is found kissing Victoire Weasley (Bill and Fleur's daughter) in a train carriage. Harry sees Draco Malfoy and his wife Astoria Greengrass (revealed on Rowling's website behind the door) with their son, Scorpius. Neville Longbottom is now a Hogwarts Herbology professor and remains friends with the two families. Harry comforts Albus, who is worried he will be sorted into Slytherin, and tells his son that one of his two namesakes, Severus Snape, was a Slytherin and the bravest man he had ever met. He adds that the Sorting Hat takes one's choice into account, like it did for Harry. The book ends with these final words: "The scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. All was well."

Information Rowling hasn't shared in the book:
Rowling stated that Harry became an Auror for the Ministry of Magic, and was later appointed head of the department. He also kept Sirius Black's motorcycle, which Arthur Weasley repaired for him, but he can no longer speak Parseltongue after the destruction of Voldemort's soul fragment within him. She revealed that Ginny Weasley played for the Holyhead Harpies Quidditch team for a time, leaving to establish a family with Harry. She later became the lead Quidditch correspondent for the Daily Prophet. Ron Weasley worked at George's store for a time, Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, then joined Harry as an Auror. Hermione found her parents in Australia, and removed the memory modification charm she had put on them for safety. Initially, she worked for the Ministry of Magic in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, greatly improving life for house elves. She later moved to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and assisted in eradicating oppressive, pro-pureblood laws. She was also the only member of the trio to go back and complete her seventh year at Hogwarts. Rowling also said that Dumbledore's relationship with Gellert Grindelwald extended beyond mere friendship, that "Dumbledore is gay, actually",<14> and harboured romantic feelings for Grindelwald.<15> Voldemort, she said, was forced to exist in the stunted form Harry witnessed in the King's Cross limbo after his death, as his crimes were too severe for him to become a ghost.
Rowling also explained the fates of several secondary characters. George Weasley continued his successful joke shop and married fellow Quidditch player Angelina Johnson. The couple had two children: a son named Fred, in memory of his late twin brother, and a daughter, Roxanne. Luna Lovegood searched the world for odd and unique creatures, eventually marrying Rolf, a grandson of the famed naturalist Newt Scamander,<13> writer of Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. The couple had twins called Lorcan and Lysander. Her father's publication, The Quibbler, returned to its usual condition of "advanced lunacy" and is "appreciated for its unintentional humour."
Other character histories revealed by Rowling included that of Draco Malfoy, who married Astoria Greengrass and had a son named Scorpius. Percy Weasley married a woman named Audrey and had two daughters, named Molly and Lucy. Firenze was welcomed back into his herd, who finally acknowledged the virtue of his pro-human leanings. Dolores Umbridge was arrested, interrogated, and imprisoned for crimes against Muggle-borns. Cho Chang went on to marry a Muggle.<16> Neville Longbottom became professor of Herbology at Hogwarts and married Hannah Abbott, who became the landlady of the Leaky Cauldron.<17> Bill and Fleur Weasley had a total of three children, a younger son named Louis, and two daughters, named Dominique and Victoire.
In the wider wizarding world other changes included: Kingsley Shacklebolt became the permanent Minister of Magic, with Percy Weasley working under him as a high official. Among the reforms introduced by Shacklebolt, was the removal of Dementors from the wizard prison Azkaban. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were also instrumental in reforming the Ministry. At Hogwarts, Slytherin House became more diluted and no longer held the title as the pure-blood bastion it once was, although its dark reputation lingered.Voldemort's jinx on the Defense Against the Dark Arts position was broken with his death, and there was a permanent Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher appointed. Harry also is said to come to the Defense Against the Dark Arts class to lecture several times a year.<10> Lastly, Rowling revealed that a portrait of Severus Snape, who briefly served as Hogwarts Headmaster, had not appeared in the headmaster's office, as he had abandoned his post. Harry later ensured the addition of Snape's portrait, and publicly revealed Snape's true allegiance to Dumbledore.

Characters edit see section history

  • Harry James Potter: The main character of the story, Harry's first claim to fame was surviving an attack by Voldemort—an attack which resulted in the death of his parents, and perhaps the Dark Lord. Harry wants to avenge their deaths with Voldemort's. He is the godfather of Teddy Lupin; Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks's son. In the epilogue, Harry is married to Ginny Weasley (Ron's sister) with three kids: Lily, James, and Albus.
  • Ronald 'Ron' Bilius Weasley: From an old pure blood wizarding family, but considered a blood traitor by some (such as the Malfoys); red-haired Ron is one of Harry's best friends.
  • Hermione Jean Granger: Harry's other best friend. Hermione is the logical and booksmart one of the trio. Portrayed by Emma Watson in the movies.
  • Lord Voldemort: He is the greatest dark wizard of all time and is the main antagonist of the series. The very use of his name strikes fear into the hearts of most witches and wizards. He murdered Harry's parents and tried but failed to kill Harry when he was just an infant. Real name: Tom Marvolo Riddle.
  • Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore: Former Headmaster of Hogwarts. Now deceased. Was thought of as the greatest wizard in the world, to some. He is said to be the only person who Voldemort was ever afraid of.
  • Dolores Umbridge: A very unpleasant Ministry official that was a cruel Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher in Harry's 5th year. She is said to look toad-like and is a great fan of pink and kittens.
  • Fenrir Greyback: A ruthless werewolf who works for Lord Voldemort with the interest of turning as many people into werewolves as possible.
  • Kingsley Shacklebolt: Member of the Order of the Phoenix. Assigned to protect the muggle Prime Minister. Works at the Ministry of Magic
  • Rubeus Hagrid: the teacher for Care of Magical Creatures, friend to Harry
  • Pius Thicknesse: He is a ministry official.
  • Severus Snape: He is the former teacher of Potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts. Dumbledore trusts him, even though he used to be a Death Eater. Harry is suspicious of him, and is never very sure whether or not he is trustworthy.
  • Remus John Lupin (Moony): Werewolf. He is Harry's former Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, and he and Harry are good friends. He is an active member of the Order of the Phoenix. Very respected by his peers.
  • Alastor Moody (aka Mad-Eye Moody): He is an auror who is one of the head members of the Order of the Phoenix. He is determined to vanquish dark wizards who would threaten the freedom of the magical world.
  • Arthur Weasley: Ron's father. He works for the Ministry of Magic in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office; he has a fondness for muggles and encourages acceptance towards them.
  • Molly Weasley: Ron's mother, who is very protective of all her children. She is described as a rather chubby, red haired woman. She is married with Arthur Weasley.
  • Fred Weasley: George's twin who also owns Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, a very successful joke shop. He, like his twin, has an enormous sense of humor, and is a legendary mischief-maker.
  • George Weasley: Fred's twin who also owns Weasley's Wizarding Wheezes, a very successful joke shop. He, like his twin, has an enormous sense of humor, and is a legendary mischief-maker.
  • William 'Bill' Weasley: Ron's eldest brother who works for Gringotts. Has a relationship with Fleur Delacour. He was bitten by Fenrir Greyback, but was not transformed int a werewolf due to Greybacks state at the time. He was left with only a few wolfish qualities and some nasty scars on his face.
  • Percy Weasley: Ron's ambitious brother who works at the Ministry of Magic.
  • Ginevra 'Ginny' Weasley: Ron's bold younger sister, and a good friend to the trio.
  • Ted Tonks: The father of Nymphadora Tonks, and he is a muggleborn.
  • Nymphadora Tonks: An active member of the Order of the Pheonix, in a relationship with Remus Lupin. Also she is a metamorphmagi.
  • Rufus Scrimgeour: He is the Minister of Magic after Fudge's resignation.
  • Dean Thomas: He is a student at Hogwarts and former boyfriend of Ginny Weasley. He was staying at the same room with Ron and Harry at Hogwarts.
  • Griphook: He is a goblin who works at Gringotts Bank.
  • Fleur Delacour: She is in a relationship with Bill Weasley, and is one of the former Triwizard champions from Harry's fourth year.
  • Aunt Muriel: Ron's annoying and loud aunt.
  • Elphias Doge: Dumbledore's old and loyal friend, who constantly and unyieldingly denies the lies told by Rita Skeeter.He wrote an article for the Daily Prophet about Albus Dumbledore.
  • Rita Skeeter: She is a nosy journalist for the Daily Prophet, and is an unregistered animagus.
  • Bathilda Bagshot: Author of the textbook "A History of Magic"
  • Ollivander: He is widely considered the best wandmaker in Britain.
  • Gregorovitch: He is a wandmaker from the northern part of Europe who has been around longer than Ollivander, and many witches wizards such as Victor Krum prefer him over other wandmakers.
  • Gellert Grindelwald: He was an infamous dark wizard who Dumbledore defeated in battle.
  • Kendra Dumbledore: Dumbledore's deceased mother
  • Ariana Dumbledore: Dumbledore's younger sister who died
  • Aberforth Dumbledore: Albus's less talented brother
  • Phineas Nigellus Black: He is a pureblooded, prejudiced ancestor of Sirius Black. The last Slytherin headmaster of Hogwarts.
  • Regulus Arcturus Black: Deceased brother of Sirius Black
  • Kreacher: Old house elf belonging to the Blacks. Loyal to Bellatrix Lestrange.
  • Dobby the Elf: He is a rather unique house elf who was originally owned by the Malfoy family before being freed by Harry.
  • Luna Lovegood: Luna Lovegood is a rather kooky character, with a lot of spunk.
  • Xenophilius Lovegood: He is Luna's eccentric father, and publisher of The Quibbler. He is attempting to recreate the Lost Diadem of Ravenclaw.
  • Neville Longbottom: A clumsy and timid friend of Harry's, who has a great talent for Herbology. Owns a toad named Trevor. Is known for being scared but gets the opportunity to show great courage in the face of adversity in this last installment.
  • Professor Pomona Sprout: Herbology Professor and Head of Hufflepuff House.
  • Professor Horace Slughorn: Potions master and Head of Slytherin House. The former at the beginning of the sixth year, the latter at the seventh. He took over when Severus Snape became headmaster of Hogwarts.
  • Professor Filius Flitwick: Charms Professor and Head of Ravenclaw house
  • Sirius Black (Padfoot): Harry's Godfather and his parents best friend from school
  • Seamus Finnigan: A sandy-haired Irish Gryffindor student and Dean Thomas's best friend
  • Charlie Weasley: Ron's second eldest brother who works with dragons in Romania. He is described as rather shorter and stockier, whereas Ron is more lanky.
  • Bellatrix Lestrange: One of Voldemort's most loyal Death Eaters; she is a very dangerous and very powerful witch. Sister of Narcissa Malfoy and Andromeda Tonks, and killer of Sirius Black. She also tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity.
  • Lucius Malfoy: He is an out of favor Death Eater, and is also Draco Malfoy's father. A rather 'superior' pureblood, Lucius believes that anyone who is not pure is filth, and should not have to be dealt with kindly. Or even humanely.
  • Narcissa Malfoy: Draco Malfoy's mother and Lucius Malfoy's wife. Sister of Bellatrix Lestrange and Andromeda Tonks
  • Draco Malfoy: A young pure blood Slytherin student who is the son of Lucius Malfoy, and is heavily disliked by Harry, Ron and Hermione. He is a Death Eater, along with the rest of his family. He is charged with the task of killing Dumbledore, but we learn he doesn't have the ability to commit murder.
  • Professor Minerva McGonagall: Transfiguration professor, Head of Gryffindor House and a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Revealed to have taken over as Head of Hogwarts.
  • Mundungus Fletcher: He is a rather sneaky minor criminal who plays a part in this story.
  • Dudley Dursley: Dudley is the only known cousin of Harry, and of Vernon and Petunia Dursley.
  • Teddy Lupin: Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks' son, raised by Tonks' mother, Andromeda. He is a metamorphmagi, a trait inherited from his mother, though he is not a werewolf like his father
  • Andromeda Tonks: Married to Ted Tonks and mother of Nymphadora Tonks. Sister of Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange.
  • Peter Pettigrew (Wormtail): One of the four Marauders' Mapmakers, and a former friend to James Potter, Remus Lupin, and Sirius Black. Has gone to Voldemort's side, as his own life is his highest priority.
  • Lily Luna Potter: A young girl with red hair that only comes at the very end of the book.
  • James Sirius Potter: Another boy who comes at the end of the book.
  • Albus Severus Potter: Another boy who is mentioned at the end of the book.
  • Amycus Carrow: A Death Eater.
  • Alecto Carrow: Another Death Eater. sister of Amycus
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Quotes edit see section history

  • “"I want to do it properly," were the first words of which Harry was fully conscious of speaking. "Not by magic. Have you got a spade."”
    Harry Potter
  • “You could claim that anything's real if the only basis for believing in it is that nobody's ever proved that it doesn't exist!”
    Hermione Granger
  • “Wow- we're identical!”
    Fred and George Weasley
  • “Not my daughter, you bi***!”
    Mrs. Weasley
  • “Oi! There's a war going on here!”
    Harry Potter
  • “As our listeners will know, unless they've taken refuge at the bottom of a garden pond or somewhere similar, You-Know-Who's strategy of remaining in the shadows is creating a nice little climate of panic. Mind you, if all the alleged sightings of him are genuine, we must have a good nineteen You-Know-Whos running around the place.""Which suits him of course. The air of mystery is creating more terror than actually showing himself."Agreed. So people, let's try and calm down a bit. Things are bad enough without inventing stuff as well. For instance, this new idea that You-Know-Who can kill with a single glance from his eyes. That's a BASILISK, listeners. One simple test: Check whether the thing that's glaring at you has got legs.If it has, it's safe to look into its eyes, although if it really is You-Know-Who, that's still likely to be the last thing you ever do."”
    Fred (Rapier) and Lee (River)
  • “I don't think you're a waste of space. You saved my life.”
    Dudley Dursley
  • “Wands are only as powerful as the wizards who use them.”
    Hermione Granger
  • “Perhaps just one more, Master Harry, for luck?”
    Kreacher
  • “I'm holy, holey Fred, geddit?”
    George Weasley
  • “Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure.”
    Engraved on Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem
  • “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
    Engraved on Ariana and Kendra Dumbledore's grave (Matthew 6:21)
  • “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.”
    Engraved on Harry's parent's gravestone (1 Corinthians 15:26)
  • “I'd do your fly by hand,though”
    Ron
  • “Oh, the torment bred in the race,the grinding scream of deathand the strong that hits the vein,the haemmorrhage none can staunch, the grief,the curse no man can bear.But there is a cure in the house and not outside it, no,not from the others but from them,their bloody strife. We sing to you, dark gods beneath the earth.Now hear, you blissful powers underground --answer the call, send help.Bless the children, givethem triumph now.”
    Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers (Epigraph)
  • “Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still. For they must needs be present, that love and live in that which is omnipresent. in this divine glass they see face to face; and their converse is free, as well as pure. This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal.”
    William Penn, More Fruits of Solitude (Epigraph)
  • “'The Boy Who Lived' remains a symbol of everything for which we are fighting: the triumph of good, the power of innocence, the need to keep resisting.”
    Remus Lupin
  • “I won't blow people out of my way just because they're there, that's Voldemort's job”
    Harry Potter
  • “Mudblood, and proud of it!”
    Hermione Granger
  • “That Potter lives is due more to my errors, than to his triumphs... I have been careless, and so have been thwarted by luck and chance, those wreckers of all but the best laid plans. But I know better now. I understand those things that I did not understand before. I must be the one to kill Harry Potter, and I shall be.”
    Voldemort
  • “I open at the close.”
    Found on the snitch
  • “Sometimes you've got to think about more than your own safety. Sometimes you've got to think about the greater good.”
    Hermione Granger
  • “A circle has no beginning.”
    Luna Lovegood
  • “I'm going to keep going until I succeed — or die. Don't think I don't know how this might end. I've known it for years.”
    Harry Potter
  • “You filthy little Mudblood!”
    Draco Malfoy
  • “I have seen your heart, and it is mine...”
    Lord Voldemort
  • “Oooh, look, a Blibbering Humdinger!”
    Luna Lovegood
  • “The wand chooses the wizard.”
    Mr. Ollivander
  • “That's the second time we've saved you, you two-faced bastard!”
    Ron Weasley
  • “The dedication of this book is split seven ways.To Neil, to Jessica, to David, to Kenzie, to Di, to Anne, and to you, if you have stuck with Harry until the very end.”
    J.K. Rowling
  • “"you will stay for dinner. Everybody always requests our recipe for freshwater plimpy soup" "probably to show the posioning department at St.Mungo's"”
    Mr.Lovegood and Ron
  • “and he <Snape> was, probably, the bravest man I ever knew.”
    Harry Potter
  • “I've had enough trouble to last me a life time.”
    Harry Potter
  • “Some wizards just like to boast that theirs are bigger and better than other people's.”
    Hermione Granger
  • “Out of all the ear-related humor, you go for "holey"? You're pathetic.”
    Fred Weasley jokingly to his twin, George
  • “"Harry Potter... the boy who lived.Come to die...AVADA KEDAVRA!"”
    Voldemort
  • “That really captures the scope and tragedy of the thing, doesn't it?”
    Ron Weasley
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Setting & Locations edit see section history

  • Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry: The school that Harry, Hermione, and Ron attend.
  • The Burrow: The Weasleys' home located outside the village of Ottery St Catchpole. Used as the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters.
  • Number 12, Grimmauld Place: A sanctuary for Harry, Ron, and Hermione while hiding from Voldemort. Used as the Order of the Phoenix's headquarters.
  • Gringotts Wizarding Bank: The only known bank of the wizarding world and it is operated primarily by goblins.
  • Godric's Hollow: Godric's Hollow was the home of James Potter's family and the home of long-dead Hogwarts founder Godric Gryffindor (after whom the village was named).
  • Hogsmeade: A village in the wizarding world consisting of shops, high streets and pubs. Students of hogwarts can visit it only by getting a permission slip signed by the parent.
  • Albania: Where Voldemort spent his time in exile.
  • St. Mungo's Place: St. Mungos Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries is a hospital in the wizarding world to cure afflicted wizards and witches.
  • Malfoy Manor: The manor in which the Malfoy family lives.
  • The Forest of Dean: A camping spot Hermione remembered from her childhood.
  • Shell Cottage: Bill and Fleur's house.
  • Ministry of Magic: Where magic is controlled and offices are held.
  • Number 4, Privet Drive: Where Harry spends his last half-summer with his Muggle relatives. He will soon be rescued by the Order.
  • Tottenham Court Road: Where Harry Ron and Hermione hide from the Death Eaters and Voldemort the first time after they leave the wedding at the Burrow.
  • The Room of Requirements: Where the A.D. and others hid at the end of the book. Also where Harry, Ron, and Hermione come before the war.
  • Hog's Head: Saved by Abus's brother.
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Organizations edit see section history

  • Dumbledore's Army: Dumbledore's Army is a student organization that is founded by Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger in book 5 in order to stand up against the regime of Hogwarts High Inquisitor Dolores Umbridge, as well as to learn practical Defence Against the Dark Arts.
  • Death Eaters: The sworn followers of Lord Voldemort; some notable Death Eaters are Bellatrix Lestrange, Barty Crouch Jr. and Lucius Malfoy.
  • The Order of the Phoenix: A secret organization created by Dumbledore to prevent the rise of Lord Voldemort.
  • Gryffindor: One of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Godric Gryffindor. Its emblematic animal is the lion and its colours are scarlet and gold. Minerva McGonagall is the most recent Head of House. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington, also known as "Nearly Headless Nick" is the house ghost. The particular characteristics of students Sorted into Gryffindor are courage and chivalry, of which the lion is the symbol. Some Gryffindor students are: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ronald Weasley, Ginny Weasley.
  • Ravenclaw: One of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, founded by Rowena Ravenclaw. Members of this house are characterised by their intelligence and cleverness. Its house colours are blue and bronze, and its symbol is the eagle. The house ghost, who in life was the daughter of the house's founder Rowena Ravenclaw, is the Grey Lady. Many great wizards and witches have come from this house, including Filius Flitwick and Luna Lovegood.
  • Hufflepuff: One of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Its founder was the medieval witch Helga Hufflepuff. The Head of Hufflepuff is Pomona Sprout. The Fat Friar is the House's patron ghost. Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four houses, valuing hard work, patience, friendship and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members. Its emblematic animal is the badger, and yellow and black are its colours. Some Hufflepuff students are: Hannah Abbot and Zacharias Smith.
  • Slytherin: One of the four Houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and is traditionally home to students who exhibit such traits as cunning and ambition. Its emblematic animal is the snake and its colours are green and silver. Founded by Salazar Slytherin, the house is comprised mostly of pure-blood students, due to its founder's mistrust of Muggle-born witches and wizards. The house has a negative reputation, with many claiming that it is the source of most Dark Wizards in Britain, notably Tom Marvolo Riddle, a.k.a. Lord Voldemort, as well as many of his Death Eaters. Some Slytherin students are: Draco Malfoy, Severus Snape and Vincent Crabbe.

First Sentence edit see section history

The two men appeared out of nowhere, a few yards apart in the narrow, moonlit lane.

Table of Contents edit see section history

1. The Dark Lord Ascending
2. In Memoriam
3. The Dursleys Departing
4. The Seven Potters
5. Fallen Warrior
6. The Ghoul in Pyjamas
7. The Will of Albus Dumbledore
8. The Wedding
9. A Place to Hide
10. Kreacher's Tale
11. The Bribe
12. Magic is Might
13. The Muggle-Born Registration Commission
14. The Thief
15. The Goblin's Revenge
16. Godric's Hollow
17. Bathilda's Secret
18. The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore
19. The Silver Doe
20. Xenophilius Lovegood
21. The Tale of the Three Brothers
22. The Deathly Hallows
23. Malfoy Manor
24. The Wandmaker
25. Shell Cottage
26. Gringotts
27. The Final Hiding Place
28. The Missing Mirror
29. The Lost Diadem
30. The Sacking of Severus Snape
31. The Battle of Hogwarts
32. The Elder Wand
33. The Prince's Tale
34. The Forest Again
35. King's Cross
36. The Flaw in the Plan
Epilogue: Nineteen Years Later

Glossary edit see section history

  • Muggle: A human who does not exhibit magical talents.
  • Mudblood: An offensive term for a wizard or witch who was 'muggle-born' or not born into a wizarding family.
  • Animagi: Wizards who have the ability to transform themselves into animals at will. The singular form is animagus.
  • Azkaban: Prison fortress where wizarding criminals are sent. Guarded day and night by the terrifying Dementors, who drain peace, hope and happiness out of any human who comes too close to them. The prisoners of Azkaban often go mad and lose all hope of escape.
  • Squib: A Squib is a non-magical person who is born to at least one magical parent. Squibs are, in essence, the antithesis of Muggle-born wizards and witches. They are rare and are looked upon with some degree of disdain by some witches and wizards, particularly pure-bloods.
  • Patronus: A charm used to create happiness. It is usually used to ward away Dementors, but it can be used for sending messages. It takes the form of an animal, often a species of personal significance. "Expecto Patronum"
  • Deathly Hallows: The Deathly Hallows are three magical items that when together, will allow their owners to conquer Death. The Deathly Hallows are an invisibility cloak, the Elder Wand, and the Resurrection Stone.
  • Diadem: Tiara-shaped object. Ex., Ravenclaw's Diadem.
  • Horcrux: A Dark Magic object in which a piece of someone's soul has been hidden. To use a Horcrux the user must murder a person.
  • Fiendfyre: Cursed fire that cannot be put out by water. It multiplies in the form of a serpent. One of the few things that destroys horcruxes.
  • Dementor: A horrible creature that sucks the happiness out of you. Once guarded the cells of Azkaban until Voldemort overtook them for his personal army.
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Themes & Symbolism edit see section history

Errata edit see section history

On page 5 of the U.S. hardcover first edition, "succeeded" is erroneously spelled "suceeded".

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 7 of 7 in Harry Potter. (standard series)

Preceded by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

This is book 4 of 194 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2010). (authoritative list)

Preceded by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and followed by Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

This is book 9 of 22 in Popular Series. (community list)

Preceded by Mockingjay, and followed by Forever .

This is book 11 of 94 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2011). (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Lovely Bones, and followed by The Bronze Horseman.

This is book 8 of 11 in Harry Potter Universe. (universe)

Preceded by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and followed by The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

This is book 4 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2011). (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Da Vinci Code, and followed by Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

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Preceded by Teodora e o Mistério do Vulcão.

This book is in Best Fantasy Books. (community list)
This is book 1 of 100 in Top 100 Books That Defined The Noughties (Telegraph). (authoritative list)

Followed by Dreams from My Father.

This is book 3 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (December 2011). (authoritative list)

Preceded by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and followed by The Da Vinci Code.

This is book 2 of 195 in Shelfari Most Popular (June 2010). (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Da Vinci Code, and followed by Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. J. K. Rowling (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Arther A Levine
Country: US Edition
Publication Date: July 21, 2007
ISBN: 978-0545010221
Page Count: 784

Awards edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

  • Library of Congress: PZ7.R79835 Hak 2007
  • Dewey: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;Fic&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; 22

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Although this is a grim and sometimes violent book, with deaths, suspense, misery and pain permeating much of the story, once your child is old enough to understand the plot (9-12) it is a must-read (although the series should be read in order), and contains very strong morals. This book is often mislabeled as a child's book, but it is rather complicated and will be appreciated more by adults, perhaps even more if it is read more than once.

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
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  • Harry, A History
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  • The Book of Harry Potter Trifles, Trivias and Particularities
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  • Harry Potter's Bookshelf
  • The Laws of the Angels - Hilchot Malachim (with Sod Ha-Yichud)

Books Influenced by This Book edit see section history

   
  • The Tales of Beedle the Bard
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  • From Cauldron Cakes to Knickerbocker Glory—More Than 150 Magical Recipes for Muggles and Wizards
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

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