Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Resource Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Label
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Statement of responsibility
by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré
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Contributor
Author
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Sixth-year Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses
Member of
Awards note
American Library Association Young Adult Library Services Association--YALSA--Best Books for Young Adults (2006).
Biographical or historical data
Joanne Rowling was born in July 1965 at Yate General Hospital in England and grew up in Chepstow, Gwent where she went to Wyedean Comprehensive. Jo left Chepstow for Exeter University, where she earned a French and Classics degree, her course including one year in Paris. As a postgraduate she moved to London and worked as a researcher at Amnesty International among other jobs. She started writing the Harry Potter series during a delayed Manchester to London King's Cross train journey, and during the next five years, outlined the plots for each book and began writing the first novel. Jo then moved to northern Portugal, where she taught English as a foreign language. The book was first published by Bloomsbury Children's Books in June 1997, under the name J.K. Rowling. The "K", for Kathleen, her paternal grandmother's name was added at her publisher's request who thought that a woman's name would not appeal to the target audience of young boys.
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
[Fic]
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Middle School
LC call number
PZ7.R79835
LC item number
Halc 2005
Literary form
novels
Reading level
7.2
Series statement
  • Harry Potter
  • Year six at Hogwarts
Series volume
Year 6
Study program name
AR
Target audience
juvenile
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