Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Nope, it’s not a new indie rock band. It’s the name of J.K. Rowling’s next and final thriller. That’s almost as good as the fake Harry Potter titles that copycats have been profiting from around the world. Fun fact about the Harry Potter series: it topped the American Library Association’s list of “most challenged books ...
Nope, it’s not a new indie rock band. It’s the name of J.K. Rowling’s next and final thriller.
That’s almost as good as the fake Harry Potter titles that copycats have been profiting from around the world.
Fun fact about the Harry Potter series: it topped the American Library Association’s list of “most challenged books of 21st Century.” Why? Because “it’s mainstreaming witchcraft in a subtle and deceptive manner, in a children-friendly format,” according to one angry parent. And we can’t have that.
Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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