Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Label

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Statement of responsibility

by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré

Creator

• trueRowling, J. K

Contributor

• GrandPré, Mary
• trueGrandPre, Mary

Illustrator

• GrandPré, Mary

Subject

• trueWitches
• trueVillains
• trueTeenagers -- England
• trueTeenage wizards
• trueTeenage romance
• trueBoarding schools
• trueBooks to movies
• trueClassics
• trueEngland
• England -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFantasy fiction
• trueGood and evil
• trueIndependence (Personal quality)
• Magic -- Juvenile fiction
• trueMagic -- Study and teaching
• trueMemories
• truePotter, Harry (Fictitious character)
• trueSchools -- Great Britain
• Schools -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSelf-awareness
• trueSelf-fulfillment
• trueTeenage boy/girl relations
• trueTeenage boy orphans
• Wizards -- Juvenile fiction
• trueWizards

Genre

• trueClassics
• trueFantasy fiction
• Juvenile fiction
• trueBooks to movies

Language

eng

Summary

Sixth-year Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses

Member of

• trueHarry Potter (Original series)

Theme

• trueHidden among us
• trueDark lord
• trueAcademies of magic
• trueChosen one

Storyline

• trueWorld-building
• truePlot-driven

Pace

• trueFast-paced

Tone

• trueSuspenseful

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Character

• trueWell-developed
• trueCourageous

Award

• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2005
• Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY), Older Reader, 2006.
• British Book Award for Book of the Year, 2006.
• Colorado Blue Spruce YA Book Award, 2008.
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Middle/Jr. High, 2008.
• Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature, 2008.
• New York Times Notable Book, 2005
• New York Times Notable Children's Book, 2005
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

920L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG+

LC call number

PZ7.R79835

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

• 920
• 920

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 12

Reading level

7.2

Series statement

Harry Potter (Original series)

Series volume

0006

Study program name

Accelerated Reader

Target audience

juvenile