Midnight Moon :: A Harry Potter Fan Site

midnight moon: a harry potter fan site

There'll be seven books in the Harry Potter series by Joanne Kathleen Rowling. Six of them already came out.

Prizes
Among dozens of other prizes, the books in the Harry Potter series have won:
National Book Award (UK)
New York Times Bestseller
Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
Booklist Editor's Choice
ALA Notable Book
Gold Medal Smarties Prize (Rowling had to ask not to get awarded this any more to give other authors a chance)
New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
Parenting Best Book of the Year

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's / Sorceror's Stone
Eleven-year-old Harry Potter lives with his horrible aunt, uncle and cousin, until he gets a letter from the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and discovers he's a wizard. At school he meets new friends and learns charms and spells, being happy for the first time in many years. But besides magic and adventure, he also finds a great, yet terrible, destiny waiting for him.
The book was originally called Philosopher's Stone, but it was changed to Sorceror's Stone in the US edition as this title would probably appeal to young readers more. Rowling accepted this change but she now regrets it.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry's second year at Hogwarts is about to begin when a house-elf, Dobby, warns him that a great danger awaits him there. Things weren't going so bad as they could have ─despite a self-conceited Defense against the Dark Arts professor and a ghost haunting the girl's bathroom─ until some of the students appeared turned to stone ─ and many suspect Harry Potter.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The infamous murderer Sirius Black has managed to escape Azkaban, the wizard prison. He killed thirteen people during the full light of day, and he's said to be Voldemort's right-hand man. The defeat of Voldemort by Harry was Black's defeat too. And the Azkaban guards heard him muttering in his sleep: "He's at Hogwarts... he's at Hogwarts."
Now even Hogwarts isn't a safe place for Harry anymore. Someone might be letting Black into the castle...

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
There are lots of things on Harry's mind this year: the Quidditch World Cup and a mysterious event at Hogwarts the adults won't talk about, besides schoolwork, a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor with a magical eye, and the memory of last year's events. But will Harry be able to enjoy all these things, or will he, as so many times before, encounter danger and peril?

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry's dreams are often haunted by a mysterious door at the end of a corridor. There's a new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor more hateful than any. The end of term Ordinary Wizarding Exams are nearing. The Ministry of Magic is no longer reliable. And, on top of all, Voldemort's power is steadily growing. In this book Harry's in the middle of his teens and his anger is bubbling up inside him.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry and his friends are in the middle of their teens now, with all that implies - including falling in love. Their classes are harder than ever, and they have to spend every free moment studying. Dumbledore has started giving Harry private lessons, where he will learn more about You-Know-Who's past. On the other hand, Draco Malfoy has been acting strange lately, and Harry suspects he's a Death Eater. And now everybody knows Voldemort's back, days are getting darker for everyone.

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