01653    a2200277   4500001000700000020001800007040003200025090000800057100001800065245004400083250002100127260001700148300001100165362000900176490001700185520089600202650002401098650002401122650002501146650004701171650002401218650001501242942000701257952009201264999001901356123271  a9780439785969  cEscola Canadense de Niteroi  aROW  aRowling, J. K10aHarry potter and the half-blood prince   a1st American ed.  aNew York, NY  a652 p.0 a20050 aHarry Potter  aThe war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of the Daily Prophet, looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses.

And yet . . .

As in all wars, life goes on. The Weasley twins expand their business. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate - and lose a few eyebrows in the process. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never straightforward, through Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince.

So it's the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of the story of Harry Potter. Here at Hogwarts, Harry will search for the full and complete story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort - and thereby find what may be his only vulnerability.  4aWitches and Wizards 4aAction or Adventure 4aJuvenile Literature  4aHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry 4aMagic and Magicians 4aWitchcraft  cBK  00104070a80.1b80.1d2024-02-09l0oROWpA01918r2024-02-09 21:19:28w2024-02-09yBK  c123271d123271