The books are widely credited with changing the landscape of childrenРІР‚в„ўs fiction and have won multiple prizes including the NestlР“В© Smarties Prize and the British Book Award. Author JK Rowling wrote the books over seven years in various cafР“В©s in Edinburgh as she struggled to make ends meet as a single mum, never dreaming that Harry Potter would become one of the best-known book characters ever written. The first book, Harry Potter and the PhilosopherРІР‚в„ўs StoneР’В ( Harry Potter and the SorcererРІР‚в„ўs StoneР’В in the USA) was published in 1997 and, since then, the seven-book-series has gone on to break all kinds of records, selling over 500 million copies worldwide. The fact that Harry and his friends are casting spells and fighting evil against the backdrop of normal school life, whilst dodging teachers, doing homework and navigating friendships, conflicts and even romance, makes them all the more thrilling.

These adventures are just part of the booksРІР‚в„ў appeal. Harry is pitched into many hair-raising adventures, but the friendsРІР‚в„ў courage, loyalty and curiosity mean they triumph time and again. However, Harry cannot escape his tragic past: as РІР‚Сљthe Boy Who LivedРІР‚Сњ his destiny is tied to that of the evil Lord Voldemort (or РІР‚СљYou Know WhoРІР‚Сњ). The boy wizard meets his first real friends on the HogwartРІР‚в„ўs Express - serious but kind Hermione Granger and fun and fiery-haired Ron Weasley - and feels like he has come home at last. Harry enters the magical world via the legendary platform 9 Р’С• at KingРІР‚в„ўs Cross station and never looks back. The shocking news that Harry is a wizard is the start of an exciting adventure to meet his destiny. But on HarryРІР‚в„ўs eleventh birthday, any illusion of normality is rudely shattered when half-giant Rubeus Hagrid bursts into the house to deliver Harry a letter from HogwartРІР‚в„ўs School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After all, his bedroom is the cupboard under the stairs, his cousin Dudley is a moron and his aunt and uncle treat him as an inconvenience. Harry PotterРІР‚в„ўs life with the РІР‚Сљperfectly normalРІР‚Сњ Dursleys at Number 4 Privet Drive leaves a lot to be desired.

Stage Play Script: Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildР’В (2016) Book 1: Harry Potter and the PhilosopherРІР‚в„ўs StoneР’В (1997)Р”В«ook 2: Harry Potter and the Chamber of SecretsР’В (1998)Р”В«ook 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of AzkabanР’В (1999)Р”В«ook 4: Harry Potter and the Goblet of FireР’В (2000)Р”В«ook 5: Harry Potter and the Order of the PhoenixР’В (2003)Р”В«ook 6: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceР’В (2005)Р”В«ook 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsР’В (2007) We meet the dread Dementors, and Harry loses loved ones in this tale of his exhausting fifth year!Р”В«ram Stoker Award for Works for Young Readers (2003), Anthony Award for Young Adult (2004), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adolescent Literature (2008), Books I Loved Best Yearly (BILBY) Awards for Older Readers (2004), Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award (2006). The greater community begins to doubt Harry and the existence of Voldemort's return, and Hogwarts is overtaken by an oppressive representative from the Ministry of Magic. The tale grows darker and becomes psychologically intense as the teenaged boy wizard much handle his social life as well as the dark forces that seek to take him down!

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) shows us how the plot begins to thicken in this renowned series.

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