As the Harry Potter sequence draws to a close, Harry's dangerous adventure yet is just beginning . . . and it starts July 16, 2005.We could tell you, but then we'd have to Obliviate your memory.

Author:

J. K. Rowling

Publisher:

Arthur A. Levine Books

Published:

08/01/2005

Pages:

672

Binding Type:

Hardcover

Weight:

2.20lbs

Size:

9.10h 6.50w 1.90d

ISBN:

9780439784542

Audience:

Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:

Reading Level:

7.2

Point Value:

29

Interest Level:

Middle Grade Plus

Quiz #/Name:

89154 / Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Award:

Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended

Award:

Quill Awards - Winner

Award:

Quill Awards - Winner

Award:

Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Winner

Award:

Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):

Time

07/25/2005 pg. 62

Entertainment Weekly

07/29/2005 pg. 72

Publishers Weekly

07/25/2005 pg. 77

Booklist

08/01/2005 pg. 1948

Kliatt

09/01/2005 pg. 14

School Library Journal

09/01/2005 pg. 212

Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks

10/01/2005 pg. 114 - Recommended

Books & Culture

11/01/2005 pg. 22

Voice of Youth Advocates

10/01/2005 pg. 328 - Recommended - Better Than

Entertainment Weekly

12/30/2005 pg. 151

Booklist Ed Choice Youth

01/01/2006 pg. 13

ALA Best Books Young Adults

03/01/2006 pg. 8

Hornbook Guide to Children

01/01/2006 pg. 83 - Superior,Well Above Average

Entertainment Weekly

08/22/2008 pg. 38

About the Author

J.K. ROWLING is the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were first published between 1997 and 2007. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. Alongside the Harry Potter series, she also wrote three short companion volumes -- Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard -- which were published in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos. In 2016, J.K. Rowling resumed Harry's story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which she wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, and which is now in theaters across the world. In the same year, she wrote the screenplay for the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series featuring magizoologist Newt Scamander. She is also the author of a stand-alone novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, and, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, writes the Strike detective series. In 2020, J.K. Rowling returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, the royalties from which she is donating to groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. She lives in Scotland with her family, and is at her happiest alone in a room, making things up.