Teaser: The seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series.
Plot Summary: This book finds Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger deciding to go on a quest to hunt the rest of the horcruxes so that they can ultimately defeat Voldemort. Before leaving on their journey the three are given gifts from Dumbledore's will and these three items will help them solve the puzzle of the horcruxes. As the trio attend Ron's brother Bill's wedding to Fluer they encounter a close call with the death eaters and know they must use every bit of magic they know to avoid capture by Death Eaters. Once they are on their journey they spend a lot of time thinking about where the horcruxes could be. By spending so much time together and by carrying around the locket horcrux , the three start to argue and eventually Ron leaves the group, much to Hermione's dismay. So Harry and Hermione are left to trudge on without Ron. They decide to go to Godric's Hollow to look for more clues because it is where Dumbledore grew up. Once in Godric's Hollow the two have a nasty encounter with Voldemort's snake Naginni and they barely escape. Eventually Ron comes back and helps Harry destroy the locket horcrux. Hermione realizes that the book she was given by Dumbledore holds the key to why Voldemort is chasing them. Voldemort is after the Elder wand. As hard as they tried to avoid capture, they do eventually get captured and are taken to Malfoy Manor. Hermione has jinxed Harry's face so the Malfoy's ask Draco to verify that the captured boy is indeed Harry Potter. Malfoy is not completely sure and the three escape and end up at Bill and Fluer's house. From their they devise a plan to break into Gringotts and go into Bellatrix's vault to get one of the horcruxes. After this long journey many deaths have occurred and Harry has one last battle with Voldemort at the Hogwarts castle, but Harry is not alone and he gets help from Snape and many others as he fights to end Voldemort.
Critical Evaluation: The final Harry Potter installment is one of Rowling's best books. It is amazing how she weaved so much detail from all of the books into this final book. It is a bittersweet ending to the Potter series. I truly loved how she wrote the character of Severus Snape. Throughout all of the books, Snape, was undercover for both sides of the War and no one could pinpoint which side he was on. That was until the sixth book came out and Snape killed Dumbledore and everyone believed Snape to be on the Death Eater side, but in the seventh book we learn differently. We find out that Snape grew up by Harry's mother Lily. He had always loved her and he made a promise to Dumbledore to protect Harry because of his love for Lily. For the true Harry Potter fan they will need a box of tissues while they read this book as I shed a few tears while reading.
Critical Evaluation: The final Harry Potter installment is one of Rowling's best books. It is amazing how she weaved so much detail from all of the books into this final book. It is a bittersweet ending to the Potter series. I truly loved how she wrote the character of Severus Snape. Throughout all of the books, Snape, was undercover for both sides of the War and no one could pinpoint which side he was on. That was until the sixth book came out and Snape killed Dumbledore and everyone believed Snape to be on the Death Eater side, but in the seventh book we learn differently. We find out that Snape grew up by Harry's mother Lily. He had always loved her and he made a promise to Dumbledore to protect Harry because of his love for Lily. For the true Harry Potter fan they will need a box of tissues while they read this book as I shed a few tears while reading.
Author Information:
According to http://www.jkrowling.com/en/index.cfm
“Joanne Kathleen Rowling was born in July 1965, in England and grew up in
Chepstow, Gwent. She went to Exeter University where she earned a French and
Classics degree, her course including one year in Paris. As a postgraduate she
moved to Lond 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. She married
in October 1992 and gave birth to a daughter Jessica in 1993. When the marriage ended, she and Jessica
returned to the UK to live in Edinburgh, where Harry Potter & the
Philosopher’s Stone was eventually completed.
Jo married Dr. Neil Murray in 2001, and a brother for Jessica, David,
was born in 2003. A sister, Mackenzie, followed in 2005.” The Potter series has sold over 400 million copies.
Genre: Fantasy
Curriculum Ties: N/A
Booktalking Ideas: Read chapter 33: The Prince's Tale and discuss Snape's influence in the outcome of the series.
Reading Level/Interest Age: 12+
Challenge Issues: Magical themes, witchcraft and wizardry. If this book was challenged I would go to, ALA's Strategies and Tips for Dealing with Challenges to Library Materials.
Why included? This is one of my all-time favorite books!
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