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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the follow-up book to J.K. Rowling's #1 bestsellers Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, J.K. Rowling provides fans with the sinister Lord Voldemort's back-story and ties up various plot lines. Readers know what Harry needs to do next and are left with a keen sense of anticipation for the seventh and final book in the series.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Set during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, Voldemort is definitely back and with a vengeance. Harry finds his world is again changing. Wizards and Muggles are dying despite the efforts of the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix to stop them. The war is back on. Despite the danger, Harry and his friends, Ron and Hermione, reunite and return to the familiar life of Hogwarts for their sixth year.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has garnered extraordinary reviews. In The New York Times review, Michiko Kakutani wrote: “The achievement of the Harry Potter books is the same as that of great classics of children’s literature, from the Oz novels to ‘The Lord of the Rings’: the creation of a richly imagined and utterly singular world as detailed, as improbable and as mortal as our own.” And according to a four-star review in People, “This book is the most intense-and absorbing-yet.”
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NEW YORK, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Scholastic announced today that since the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince nine weeks ago, Harry Potter fans have purchased more than 11 million copies of the U.S. edition of J.K. Rowling's sixth book in the phenomenally popular series. Following its release at midnight on July 16th, the book sold a record- breaking 6.9 million copies in the first 24 hours. Harry Potter and the Half- Blood Prince has been widely praised by reviewers and has been #1 on both adults' and children's bestseller lists nationwide.
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In the United States alone, the hardcover edition of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince sold 6.9 million copies in the first 24 hours, making it the fastest selling book in publishing history. The book hit stores at midnight on July 16, 2005. With an unprecedented initial print run of 10.8 million, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince broke all industry records, including that set in June 2003 by Rowling’s fifth novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Since their publication all six Harry Potter titles have remained on bestseller lists.
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Filming of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" movie started today at Gloucester Cathedral. Stars already arriving include Alan Rickman, who plays Professor Snape, Dame Maggie Smith, who plays Professor McGonagall, and Tom Felton, who plays Draco Malfoy. Update: Some high-resolution images from the filming and additional reports are now online.
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