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Follow Harry from his first days at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, through his many adventures with Hermione and Ron, to his confrontations with rival Draco Malfoy and the dreaded Professor Snape. From a dangerous descent into the Chamber of Secrets to the Triwizard Tournament to... read more
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Summary
These stories are about a boy named Harry Potter, who is destined to destroy the evil Lord Voldemort. Each year is a page-turner, full of action, adventure, and romance. All the characters of Harry Potter seem as if they were real. The story is incredible. You could rarely find a better... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley: TRIO!
- Harry James Potter: Eponymous character of the series. Son of James Potter and Lily Evans. He likes to get into trouble.
- Hermione Jean Granger: Muggle-born Gryffindor student in Harry's year
- Ron Weasley: Harry's friend that he meets on the train to Hogwarts. He always helps Harry in his mischief making ways.
- Draco Malfoy: Harry's enemy at Hogwarts. He is always trying to stop Harry and get him into trouble with the teachers.
Memorable Quotes
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“"NOT MY DAUGHTER, YOU BITCH!"”
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“After all, to the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
Albus Dumbledore -
“the trouble is, humans do have a knack of choosing precisely those things that are worst for them.”
Albus Dumbledore -
“Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain.”
Arthur Weasley -
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”
Albus Dumbledore -
“In dreams, we enter a world that's entirely our own.”
Albus Dumbledore -
“Nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.”
Mad-Eye Moody -
“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
Sirius Black -
“I sometimes find, and I am sure you know the feeling, that I simply have too many thoughts and memories crammed into my mind....”
Albus Dumbledore -
“Curiosity is not a sin.... But we should exercise caution with our curiosity... yes, indeed.”
Albus Dumbledor -
“Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.”
Albus Dumbledore -
“You place too much importance... on the so-called purity of blood! You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!”
Albus Dumbledore -
“Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.”
Albus Dumbledore -
“Time is making fools of us again”
Albus Dumbledore -
“It was, he thought, the difference between being dragged into the arena to face a battle to the death and walking into the arena with your head held high. Some people, perhaps, would say that there was little to choose between the two ways, but Dumbledore knew - and so do I, thought Harry, with a rush of fierce pride, and so did my parents - that there was all the difference in the world.”
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“It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.”
Albus Dumbledore
First Sentence
Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
Table of Contents
First Book
1. The Boy Who Lived
2. The Vanishing Glass
3. The Letters From No One
4. The Keeper of the Keys
5. Diagon Alley
6. The Journey from Platform Nine and Three-quarters
7. The Sorting Hat
8. The Potions Master
9. The Midnight Duel
10. Hallween
11. Quidditch
12. The Mirror of Erised
13. Nicolas Flamel
14. Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback
15. The Forbiden Forest
16. Through the Trapdor
17. The Man with Two Faces
Second Book
Third Book
Fourth Book
Fifth Book
Sixth Book
Seventh Book
Glossary
- Muggle-born: Born a wizard or witch but not from wizarding parents
- MudBlood: Dirty way of saying muggleborn
Series
This book is in the Harry Potter series.
Authors & Contributors
- J. K. Rowling (Author)
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