Harry potter is eleven years old in the first book, and by the start of the second book, he ages one year. There are seven in the main series, ie, excluding fantastic beasts not the film series the individual book, tales of beedle the bard etc. Harry potter and the cursed child to be eighth book bbc news. I am a diehard fan of harry potter and after watching the movies i thought that they definitely wernt as good as the books so if you have seen the movies and did not like them,you must read the books because. The book sold off the shelves leading to more books in the series. The play is marketed as the eighth official story in the harry potter series. The new harry potter book seems like fan fiction because it.
Then they realized the sequel wasnt going to be released in book form she had turned it into a play. It does not feel like an eighth harry potter book at all. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone was published by j. What is the title of the eighth harry potter book answers. Harry potter fans celebrate release of eighth book harry. For millions across the globe, the harry potter book and film series was the closest thing theyd ever come to experiencing actual magic. Children couldnt wait to see what happened to harry potter, ron weasley, and hermoine granger in the next year of school.
What is the eighth harry potter book called answers. Its a bittersweet moment, as the first harry potter book was released 19 years ago and became an instant sensation. Rowling announced earlier this week that her highly anticipated harry potter play, harry potter and the cursed child, is being released in book. Nine years after publication of the last novel in the bestselling series about the boy wizard, what has been billed as the epic 8th harry potter story. Read all game of thrones books online for free, read with your mobile, tablet or desktop. What if the characters of harry potter looked like they did in the books. Rowling was writing a sequel to her beloved sevenpart series, they couldnt wait to get their hands on the book. Though the plot holes are very visible and spread throughout the story, they. K rowling that has to do with harry potter are the tales of beedle the bard. The new harry potter book seems like fan fiction because it basically is. Harry would definitely be on the short side, thanks to chronic malnourishment as a child to varying degrees of severity. An 8th harry potter book is coming out this summer. Pottermore has listened to the cries of potterheads everywhere, announcing that j. Rowling said thered be no new stories about the boy wizard after the cursed child play.
When i first learned of thesterals as a reader in the fifth harry potter book, i thought this seemed like a major plot hole. Welcome to rharrypotter, the place where fans from around the world can meet and discuss everything in the harry potter universe. Before he gets there though he had to fight in memory of alan rickman who showed us what severus snape looks like on the big screen. We recently conducted a poll among visitors and the memory man series was voted the 8th most favourite series by all readers. An eighth harry potter book is to be released this summer containing the script for a new stage play telling the wizards story. Rowling said she doesnt expect to continue moving the story forward by creating a harry potter book 9. Harry potter and the cursed child, parts one and two. It was published in the united states as harry potter and the sorcerers stone by scholastic corporation in 1998. As the story progresses each book gets scarier so parental guidence may be needed for kids aged 710 when reading the last few books. The book, called harry potter and the cursed child, picks up the story of harry and co. Rowling is a special rehearsal edition of the script book of the new stage play harry. Harry hole books in order publication order of harry hole books. For the fans who mourned the end of boy wizards adventures, author j k rowling has hinted that harry potter and the deathly hallows may not be the. Im sorry, but if two pieces of bread and a chunk of cheese, a bowl of soup, and lessthanaquarterofagrapefruit with nothing else were regularly considered to be harry s meals, he wasnt getting enough calories or the correct nutrients for optimal growth.
However, the adaption of the final book is being split into two movies so the eighth film will be called. What i appreciated about the deathly hallows is the confident plotting. Even people who somehow managed to avoid reading the books and seeing the movies can guess that this book is about harry potter s second year the school of wizardry, hogwarts. Is the cursed child the 8th harry potter book, cannon, or just like fan. Six plot holes in the harry potter novels im sure you all love harry potter, but precisely because of this, you also know that the books are flawed. Quidditch through the ages and fantastic beasts and where to find them.
Harry potter and the cursed child parts one and two, the crimes of grindelwald, fantastic beasts and where to find them by j. Rowling explains why harry potter 9 will never happen. Harry potter and the sorcerers stone summary book reports. No novel in the world could resist as close a scrutiny as this saga without several errors and plot holes being spotted. Biggest plot holes in harry potter business insider. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. According to pottermore, whats coming out on july 31 the shared birthday of harry potter and j. Harry potter s summer has included the worst birthday ever, doomy warnings from a houseelf called dobby, and rescue from the dursleys by his friend ron weasley in a magical flying car.
If escapism is your goal, the harry potter series is a great choice. The readers are in tune with harry s story as it occurs. An 8th harry potter book is coming with a twist vox. If there is anything annoying about harry potter is his sheer dumb luck. Rowlings new play, harry potter and the cursed child pts. The story flows, and the sins and omissions of the characters are rewarded and punished. Harry potter and the cursed child is being published in print and as an ebook. Speaking at the broadway opening of harry potter and the cursed child on sunday, j.
It will comprise the script of a play of the same name. A hardback edition of harry potter and the cursed child. But in 2004, rowling answered this question in an interview at. Rowling released two textbooks for comic relief back in 2001. Is there a ninth book of harry potter book series answers. Second, the play was not written by jk rowling herself. Unlike the other books, this story is written like a script. The final book of the harry potter series is harry potter and the deathly hallows. Harry potter and the deathly hallows harry potter, volume. Eighth harry potter book to publish in july cbs news. We dont have to tell you about the movies, branded products, and fervent. A plot to make most terrible things happen at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry this year. Was all excited for this book as i grew up with harry potter.
Its called harry potter and the cursed child, and its written by none other than jk rowling. There is no eighth harry potter book out now or coming out soon, as j. It was always difficult being harry potter and it isnt much easier now that he is an. Is harry potter and the cursed child an 8th harry potter book. On sunday, fans celebrated the release of a script that picks up where. Harry potter and the cursed child is a 2016 british twopart play written by jack thorne based. Since the series consists of seven books, harry s life as an 11yearold to a 17yearold is on full display. Harry potter fever has once again swept the uk, as the eighth instalment of. For fans of harry potter, july 31 is perhaps the most significant date in the mythical universe created by j. It is the first novel in the harry potter series and rowlings debut novel, first published in 1997 by bloomsbury. Rowling clarifies cursed child is not the 8th harry potter book. Harry potter and the philosophers stone is a fantasy novel written by british author j.