How The Phenomenon of The Harry Potter Series
Got Everyone Reading Books Again.

The amount of fans the Harry Potter series has is staggering.  Not since the Lord of the Rings have so many people fallen in love with a series of books. 

Kids who refused to read before have become bookworms, reading and re-reading J.K. Rowling's books until the covers fall off and they have to buy new ones.  The latest book, Order of the Phoenix sold over 5 million copies in its first 24 hours of release!

Boys and girls alike love reading about Harry's adventures. Children in all different countries across the world have picked up Potter fever.  And if that isn't amazing enough, adults love it too!  Along with the regular release these books are published with "adult" covers, not only do they have different graphics but they don't have the title of the book on the cover.  Many adult Potter fans said they were embarrassed to be seen reading "childrens" books so the publishers decided to hook them up.

In this age of diversity to have anything that appeals to all ages and all cultures seems an impossibility, but somehow J.K. Rowling's book series does just that.  Below is a short synopsis of each of the 5 books released so far.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone aka Sorcerer's Stone: Harry Potter has no idea how famous he is. That's because he's been kept in a cupboard under the stairs in his miserable aunt and uncle's home.  They are terrified Harry will learn that he's really a wizard, just as his parents were. But everything changes when Harry is summoned to attend Hogwarts, an infamous school for wizards, and he begins to discover some clues about his parents and his past. From the surprising way he is greeted by a lovable giant with a magical umbrella, to the unique curriculum and colorful faculty at his unusual school, Harry finds himself drawn deep inside a magical world he never knew existed and closer to his own noble destiny.

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.  Harry is visited by a nervous yet magical house-elf who warns him of great peril if he returns to Hogwarts - a warning he chooses to ignore. Upon his return to school, Harry and his best friends Ron and Hermione start to investigate the true story of the Chamber of Secrets but before they know it a mysterious force begins turning the other students to stone... and Harry is soon the main suspect.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: For Harry, the Hogwarts campus has always been a sanctuary, but when Sirius Black escapes from the horrifying clutches of Azkaban Prison, all clues suggest the madman is headed for Hogwarts and Harry himself. As a result, the school starts to feel more like a prison than a sanctuary as Harry finds himself constantly watched and under guard. What's more, the terrifying Dementors, the horrifying creatures who guard Azkaban Prison, are lurking about the campus looking for Black.

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Harry Potter is midway through his training as a wizard and his coming of age. Harry wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup. He wants to find out about the mysterious event that's supposed to take place at Hogwarts this year, an event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for a hundred years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. But unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal - even by wizarding standards. And in his case, different can be deadly.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: When the government of the magic world and authorities at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry refuse to believe in the growing threat of a freshly revived Lord Voldemort, fifteen-year-old Harry Potter finds support from his loyal friends in facing the evil wizard and other new terrors.  This is a wonderfully complex book that answers many questions readers have had since the first book.  More importantly it asks new questions that raise the stakes for our heroes’ lives.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at this point in the midst of the storm of this battle of good and evil. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling, the sixth book in the bestselling series, has been scheduled for release on July 16, 2005 in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia. Avoid the lines, pre order your copy today!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: It all comes down to this - a final faceoff between good and evil. You plan to pull out all the stops, but every time you solve one mystery, three more evolve. Do you stay the course you started, despite your lack of progress? Do you detour and follow a new lead that may not help? Do you listen to your instincts, or your friends? Lord Voldemort is preparing for battle and so must Harry. With Ron and Hermione at his side, he's trying to hunt down Voldemort's Horcruxes, escape danger at every turn, and find a way to defeat evil once and for all. How does it all end? Find out in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.