The Fifth Book in the Series

Basic Details:

· Release date (UK/US/Australia/Canada/English-Speaking Countries): June 21st, 2007

· Page count: 766 (UK), 870 (US)

· Word count: 257,045

· Illustrations:

- Jason Cockroft (Bloomsbury UK)

- Mary Grandpré (Scholastic US)


Dedication:

To Neil, Jessica, and David,
who make my world magical.


Quotes:

"According to Madam Pomfrey, thoughts could leave deeper scarring than almost anything else..."

"He felt older than he had ever felt in his life, and it seemed extraordinary that barely an hour ago he had been worried about a joke shop and who had gotten a prefect's badge." - about Harry.

"You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve." - Ginny Weasley

"The mind is not a book, to be opened at will and examined at leisure. Thoughts are not etched on the inside of skulls, to be perused by an invader. The mind is a complex and many-layered thing." - Severus Snape

"Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike." - Albus Dumbledore

"Youth cannot know how age thinks and feels. But old men are guilty if they forget what it was to be young." - Albus Dumbledore

"Indeed, your failure to understand that there are things much worse than death has always been your greatest weakness." - Albus Dumbledore

“But Dumbledore says he doesn’t care what they do as long as they don’t take him off the Chocolate Frog cards." - BIll Weasley

"You should write a book, translating mad things girls do so boys can understand them." - Ron Weasley to Hermione Granger

"Maybe not, but at least my happiness doesn't depend on Ron's goalkeeping ability." - Hermione Granger

“We can still reach him [Sirius Black] – ” Harry struggled hard and viciously, but Lupin would not let go… “There’s nothing you can do Harry… nothing… he’s gone." - Remus Lupin

"Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human … the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength." - Albus Dumbledore

“After that, I shall need to return to my school. If you need more help from me you are, of course, more than welcome to contact me at Hogwarts, letters addressed to the Headmaster will find me." - Albus Dumbledore

"There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!" - Voldemort

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..." - S.P.T. to A.P.W.B.D.


Other media versions:

· Audiobooks

    • Stephen Fry (U.K. version)
    • Jim Dale (U.S. version)
· Film (Warner Bros. - 2007)
· Video/DVD
· Video Games (Electronic Arts)

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