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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 5
Language
English
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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. There is a Door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in...
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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 3
Language
English
Description
During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.
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Series
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English
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Harry Potter wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the International Quidditch Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious 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. Unfortunately for Harry Potter,...
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Harry Potter (Original series) volume 2
Language
English
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When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogswart 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.
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English
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"Something wicked was brewing in the small town of Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. It started when two girls, Betty Parris and Abigail Williams, began having hysterical fits. Soon after, other local girls claimed they were being pricked with pins. With no scientific explanation available, the residents of Salem came to one conclusion: it was witchcraft! Over the next year and a half, nineteen people were convicted of witchcraft and hanged while more...
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"Harry Potter has never been the star of a Quidditch team, scoring points while riding a broom far above the ground. He knows no spells, has never helped to hatch a dragon, and has never worn a cloak of invisibility. All he knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley -- a great big swollen spoiled bully. Harry's room is a tiny closet at the foot of the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday...
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Children's High Level Group in association with Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
111 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to Hermione Granger's new translation from the ancient runes, we present this stunning edition with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J. K. Rowling, and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. Never before have Muggles been privy to these richly imaginative tales: 'The Wizard...
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Unsolved mysteries from history volume 4
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
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Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores what primed Salem for its witchcraft fever, key people in the drama, and the events of the Salem witch trials that led to the execution of 19 innocent people.
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Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
xvii, 105 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A copy of the volume found in Hogwarts School Library, where it is consulted by Quidditch fans.
A history of the sport Quidditch, answering such questions such as where the Golden Snitch came from, or why the Wigtown Wanderers have meat cleavers on their robes.
19) The Salem witch trials: a primary source history of the witchcraft trials in Salem, Massachusetts
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Publisher
Rosen Pub. Group
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
64 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Uses primary source documents, narrative, and illustrations to recount the history of the witch hunt and trials that occurred in Salem, Massachusetts, in the seventeenth century.
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Series
Publisher
Blackbirch Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Profiles people who have been the driving force behind the most critical events of the Salem witch trials, including Heinrich Kramer, James Sprenger, Elizabeth Parris, Anne Putnam and Sarah Good.
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