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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | 
| Author: J. K. Rowling
Creator: Jim Dale
Publisher: Listening Library
Category: Book
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Edition: Unabridged
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Dimensions (in): 6 x 5.3 x 2
ISBN: 0739360418
EAN: 9780739360415
ASIN: 0739360418
Publication Date: July 2007
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Readers beware. The brilliant, breathtaking conclusion to J.K. Rowling's spellbinding series is not for the faint of heart--such revelations, battles, and betrayals await in iHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows/i that no fan will make it to the end unscathed. Luckily, Rowling has prepped loyal readers for the end of her series by doling out increasingly dark and dangerous tales of magic and mystery, shot through with lessons about honor and contempt, love and loss, and right and wrong. Fear not, you will find no spoilers in our review--to tell the plot would ruin the journey, and iHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows/i is an odyssey the likes of which Rowling's fans have not yet seen, and are not likely to forget. But we would be remiss if we did not offer one small suggestion before you embark on your final adventure with Harry--bring plenty of tissues. p The heart of Book 7 is a hero's mission--not just in Harry's quest for the Horcruxes, but in his journey from boy to man--and Harry faces more danger than that found in all six books combined, from the direct threat of the Death Eaters and you-know-who, to the subtle perils of losing faith in himself. Attentive readers would do well to remember Dumbledore's warning about making the choice between "what is right and what is easy," and know that Rowling applies the same difficult principle to the conclusion of her series. While fans will find the answers to hotly speculated questions about Dumbledore, Snape, and you-know-who, it is a testament to Rowling's skill as a storyteller that even the most astute and careful reader will be taken by surprise. p A spectacular finish to a phenomenal series, iHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows/i is a bittersweet read for fans. The journey is hard, filled with events both tragic and triumphant, the battlefield littered with the bodies of the dearest and despised, but the final chapter is as brilliant and blinding as a phoenix's flame, and fans and skeptics alike will emerge from the confines of the story with full but heavy hearts, giddy and grateful for the experience. i--Daphne Durham/i p clear="all" strongfont face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="cc6600"Visit the iHarry Potter/i Store/font/strong br img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/books/hp7/90/harry-potter_store_90x90_2.jpg" border="0" align="left"Our iHarry Potter/i Store features all things iHarry/i, including books, audio CDs and cassettes, DVDs, soundtracks, games, and more. br clear="all" br strongfont face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="cc6600"Begin at the Beginning/font/strongbr table cellpadding="4" border="0" width="95%" cellspacing="4" tr class="tiny" valign="top" align="center" td IHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/Ibr img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0590353403.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg"brHardcover br Paperback /td tdIHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/Ibrimg border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0439064864.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg"brHardcoverbrPaperback /td tdIHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/Ibrimg border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0439136350.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg"brHardcoverbrPaperback /td tdIHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/Ibrimg border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0439139597.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg"brHardcoverbrPaperback /td tdIHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix/Ibrimg border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/043935806X.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg"brHardcoverbrPaperback /td tdIHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/Ibrimg border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0439784549.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg"brHardcoverbrPaperback /td /tr /table br clear= "all" strongfont face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="cc6600"Why We Love Harry/font/strong br IFavorite Moments from the Series/IbrThere are plenty of reasons to love Rowling's wildly popular series--no doubt you have several dozen of your own. Our list features favorite moments, characters, and artifacts from the first five books. Keep in mind that this list is by no means exhaustive (what we love about Harry could fill ten books!) and does not include any of the spectacular revelatory moments that would spoil the books for those (few) who have not read them. Enjoy. p clear="all"strongIHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/I/strong br table cellpadding="4" border="0" width="95%" cellspacing="4" tr valign="top" align="left" tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0590353403.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" align="left" /td td* Harry's first trip to the zoo with the Dursleys, when a boa constrictor winks at him. br* When the Dursleys' house is suddenly besieged by letters for Harry from Hogwarts. Readers learn how much the Dursleys have been keeping from Harry. Rowling does a wonderful job in displaying the lengths to which Uncle Vernon will go to deny that magic exists. br* Harry's first visit to Diagon Alley with Hagrid. Full of curiosities and rich with magic and marvel, Harry's first trip includes a trip to Gringotts and Ollivanders, where Harry gets his wand (holly and phoenix feather) and discovers yet another connection to He-Who-Must-No-Be-Named. This moment is the reader's first full introduction to Rowling's world of witchcraft and wizards.br* Harry's experience with the Sorting Hat. /td /tr /table p clear="all" strongIHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/I/strong br table cellpadding="4" border="0" width="95%" cellspacing="4" tr valign="top" align="left" tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0439064864.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" align="left" /td td* The de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden. Harry discovers that even wizards have chores--gnomes must be grabbed (ignoring angry protests "Gerroff me! Gerroff me!"), swung about (to make them too dizzy to come back), and tossed out of the garden--this delightful scene highlights Rowling's clever and witty genius. br* Harry's first experience with a Howler, sent to Ron by his mother. br* The Dueling Club battle between Harry and Malfoy. Gilderoy Lockhart starts the Dueling Club to help students practice spells on each other, but he is not prepared for the intensity of the animosity between Harry and Draco. Since they are still young, their minibattle is innocent enough, including tickling and dancing charms. /td /tr /table p clear="all" strongIHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban/I/strongbr table cellpadding="4" border="0" width="95%" cellspacing="4" tr valign="top" align="left" tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0439136350.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" align="left" /td td* Ron's attempt to use a telephone to call Harry at the Dursleys'. br* Harry's first encounter with a Dementor on the train (and just about any other encounter with Dementors). Harry's brush with the Dementors is terrifying and prepares Potter fans for a darker, scarier book. br* Harry, Ron, and Hermione's behavior in Professor Trelawney's Divination class. Some of the best moments in Rowling's books occur when she reminds us that the wizards-in-training at Hogwarts are, after all, just children. Clearly, even at a school of witchcraft and wizardry, classes can be boring and seem pointless to children. br* The Boggart lesson in Professor Lupin's classroom. br* Harry, Ron, and Hermione's knock-down confrontation with Snape. /td /tr /table p clear="all" strongIHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire/I/strongbr table cellpadding="4" border="0" width="95%" cellspacing="4" tr valign="top" align="left" tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0439139597.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" align="left" /td td* Hermione's disgust at the reception for the veela (Bulgarian National Team Mascots) at the Quidditch World Cup. Rowling's fourth book addresses issues about growing up--the dynamic between the boys and girls at Hogwarts starts to change. Nowhere is this more plain than the hilarious scene in which magical cheerleaders nearly convince Harry and Ron to jump from the stands to impress them. br* Viktor Krum's crush on Hermione--and Ron's objection to it. br* Malfoy's "Potter Stinks" badge. br* Hermione's creation of S.P.E.W., the intolerant bigotry of the Death Eaters, and the danger of the Triwizard Tournament. Add in the changing dynamics between girls and boys at Hogwarts, and suddenly Rowling's fourth book has a weight and seriousness not as present in early books in the series. Candy and tickle spells are left behind as the students tackle darker, more serious issues and take on larger responsibilities, including the knowledge of illegal curses./td/tr /table p clear="all" strongIHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix/I/strongbr table cellpadding="4" border="0" width="95%" cellspacing="4" tr valign="top" align="left"p tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/043935806X.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" align="left" /td td* Harry's outburst to his friends at No. 12 Grimmauld Place. A combination of frustration over being kept in the dark and fear that he will be expelled fuels much of Harry's anger, and it all comes out at once, directly aimed at Ron and Hermione. Rowling perfectly portrays Harry's frustration at being too old to shirk responsibility, but too young to be accepted as part of the fight that he knows is coming. br* Harry's detention with Professor Umbridge. Rowling shows her darker side, leading readers to believe that Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven for young wizards. Dolores represents a bureaucratic tyrant capable of real evil, and Harry is forced to endure their private battle of wills alone. br* Harry and Cho's painfully awkward interactions. Rowling clearly remembers what it was like to be a teenager. br* Harry's Occlumency lessons with Snape. br* Dumbledore's confession to Harry./td /tr /table p p clear="all" strongIHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince/I/strongbr table cellpadding="4" border="0" width="95%" cellspacing="4" tr valign="top" align="left"p tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0439784549.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" border="0" align="left" /td td* The introduction of the Horcrux. br* Molly Weasley asking Arthur Weasley about his "dearest ambition." Rowling has always been great at revealing little intriguing bits about her characters at a time, and Arthurs answer "to find out how airplanes stay up" reminds us about his obsession with Muggles.br* Harry's private lessons with Dumbledore, and more time spent with the fascinating and dangerous pensieve, arguably one of Rowlings most ingenious inventions.br* Fred and George Weasleys Joke Shop, and the slogan: "Why Are You Worrying About You-Know-Who? You Should Be Worrying About U-NO-POO--the Constipation Sensation That's Gripping the Nation!"br* Luna's Quidditch commentary. Rowling created scores of Luna Lovegood fans with hilarious and bizarre commentary from the most unlikely Quidditch commentator.br* The effects of Felix Felicis./td/tr /table p p p clear="all" strongfont face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="cc6600"Magic, Mystery, and Mayhem: A Conversation with J.K. Rowling/font/strong brbr img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promos/jknewpic.gif" border="0" align="left""I am an extraordinarily lucky person, doing what I love best in the world. Im sure that I will always be a writer. It was wonderful enough just to be published. The greatest reward is the enthusiasm of the readers." i--J.K. Rowling/i p Find out more about Harry's creator in our exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling. p br clear="all" br strongfont face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="cc6600"Did You Know?/font/strong table cellpadding="4" border="0" width="95%" cellspacing="4" tr tdimg border= "0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0142300276.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" /td td valign=centerIThe Little White Horse/I was J.K. Rowling's favorite book as a child. /td tdimg border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0553213105.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg"/ a /td td valign=centerJane Austen is Rowling's favorite author. /td td img border="0 " src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0670033618.01.TZZZZZZZ.jpg" /td td valign=centerRoddy Doyle is Rowling's favorite living writer. /td /tr /table p clear="all" strongfont face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color="cc6600"A Few Words from Mary GrandPre/font/strong brbrimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promos/hp-character.gif" border="0 " align="left" "When I illustrate a cover or a book, I draw upon what the author tells me; that's how I see my responsibility as an illustrator. J.K. Rowling is very descriptive in her writing--she gives an illustrator a lot to work with. Each story is packed full of rich visual descriptions of the atmosphere, the mood, the setting, and all the different creatures and people. She makes it easy for me. The images just develop as I sketch and retrace until it feels right and matches her vision." Check out more iHarry Potter/i art from illustrator Mary GrandPre. brbr
Product Description
divThe Deluxe Edition includes an exclusive insertb /bfeaturing nearb-/bscale reproductions of Mary GrandPre's interior art, as well as never-before-seen full-color frontispiece art on special paper. The custom-designed slipcase is foil-stamped and contains a full-cloth case book that has been blind-stamped on front and back cover with foil stamping on the spine. The book includes full-color endpapers featuring the jacket art from the trade edition and a wraparound jacket featuring art created especially for this edition by Mary GrandPre./div
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3231 more reviews...
 Great Book ,simply love it! November 18, 2008
This is such a great book! and i'm reading it for the 5th time now!! really great!!!!!
one of my favorite books November 17, 2008
this book was really clean and no folds when i got it... thank you for sending it so neat :) this book is when you have spare time to read and you will feel like you were in the book.. but start it from the first book so in case you would understand whats going on... thank you and i gave this for a gift for my friend.
 Big Equations! November 15, 2008
Definitely a not to be missed book - perhaps the best story of our time!br /br /Howev, my review is about something else.br /br /The last 20 pages or so are so mundane, forgetful, so frustrating - that I am compelled to say, FORGET IT!br /br /This is from a dear fan who is on the same page with you - you will be happier if you never read the conclusion - seems forced, contrived, wooden, and not at all what I would expect these characters to do. Strange.br /br /I think you will have a much happier time if you just closed the book before the epilogue - If you check it out, you won't like it and it will trouble you. br /br /I really, really mean it !!!!! It seems dashed off - like they were in a hurry! Too Hollywood for HP!!!!!!!! Avoid that last bit with determination - just a few pages!!!! You'll prefer it - br /br /With love and respect -br /br /Scottbr /br /
Amazing, the way Rowling comes up with all of this. November 15, 2008
In truth, while I waited for Deathly Hallows to be released, I kept thinking to myself that there was no possible way Rowling could tie up all the loose ends from the first six books in the series. Of course, she proved me wrong. The book was amazing, and I'm glad that I couldn't guess where everything was going all the time. I might have gone through every emotion possible while reading in this book: Happy, sad, angry, weary (because of reading for several hours) and so on. br /She kept consistent with the messages she's been applying since the beginning. People will die when it's a time of war, there will most definitely be tragedies, but in the end you couldn't help but feel happy for the survivors. br /This woman is a genius, and I hope to read several more books from her in the future.
The Magic of Harry Potter November 14, 2008
After the final book in the series came out, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, I started from the beginning and read all of the Harry Potter books. I figured that now that the entire story was told, I would see what all the fuss was about - from beginning to end. I have to admit that I also love the Potter movies and when I saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, I was a little confused by the storyline. I determined to read all the books to understand what was going on!! (Years ago, I had started reading the first book, got half way through and put the book down. I lost interest, silly me.) Little did I know that the little tale of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling would grow through six more books to become an epic story of good and evil, love, loyalty, bravery, wisdom, truth, and ... magic!!!. As I read through the series, each new book became my new favorite (although I still have a special fondness for both the book and the movie version of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). When I finished Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, I believed that Rowling couldn't possibly top that story, but she did - in the grand finale that left me an emotional wreck at the end of the journey. I look forward to the rest of the movies - so that I can once again enjoy Harry's world. J.K. Rowling's series is a monumental treasure of storytelling that will be enjoyed for many generations to come.
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