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Author: J.K Rowling Illustrator: Mary GrandPre’ Rating: 9/10 Age: 10+ Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Magic, Suspense Pages: 607 Published in: July 2005 Main Characters: Harry, Hermione, Ron, Snape, Dumbldore,Slughorn. Synopsis:   This story started with Severus Snape. He met up with Mrs Malfoy (Draco’s Mother) and made an Unbreakable Vow to Narcissa, promising to protect Draco. One day, Dumbledore headed over to 4 Privet Drive to collect Harry from his cousin’s home. On the way to the burrow (Ron’s house) Dumbledore and Harry stopped to talk to Dumbledore’s old friend, Horace Slughorn, to work at Hogwarts again. Harry met up with Ron and Hermione once more!  When they were shopping for school books, Harry ran into Draco and followed him to Borgin and Burkes, where he overheard Draco threatening Borgin and insisted that he fix an unknown object. Harry is instantly suspicious of Draco, whom he believed to ...

  Author: Jacqueline Wilson Illustrator: Nick Sharratt Rating: 08/10 Age: 9+ Genre: Fiction, Friendship, Family, Humour Pages: 224 Published in: Jan 1995 Main Characters: Elsa, Mum, Mack, Pippa, Hank, Naomi, Famous Five Synopsis:   This story is about a young girl named Elsa, who was 10 years old. She loved to make up jokes and share them with others. But Elsa had a huge problem. She lived with her Mum, her stepdad named Mack (whom she liked to call Mack the Smack), her half-sister Pippa and her half-brother Hank.   She lived in a small flat which was big enough for the family to live in, and Elsa loved living there. One day, Mack got a new job which paid lots of money. Soon, they were all living in a house of their own! But this job didn’t stay for long. They had no other house to live in. Some people suggested they should buy a new flat, but nobody was selling any. All that was left to do ...

  Author: J.K Rowling Illustrator: Mary GrandPre’ Rating: 7/10 Age: 10+ Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Magic Pages: 766 Published in: June 2003 Main Characters: Harry, Hermione, Ron, Umbridge, Voldemort, Dumbledore, Fudge. Synopsis:   Harry was spending another tedious summer with Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon. One evening, as he was roaming around in a park, Dudley’s gang had bullied harry yet again. Harry hadn’t taken notice of Dudley until he had spotted 2 dementors swooping around. After using magic to defend himself, Harry was whisked off by wizards to number twelve, Grimmauld Place, London. This was the home to Sirius Black also known as Harry’s godfather . Harry used magic to fight off the dementors, and since underage wizards were not permitted to use their wands outside of school, he had faced a hearing at the Ministry. With Dumbledore’s help with convincing the minister, Harry was cleared and permi...