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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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First Published: July 16, 2005
Text Completed: Late 2004
Published By: Bloomsbury Press in the U.K., Scholastic Books Inc. in the U.S.
Pages: 607
Chapters: 30
DADA Teacher: Professor Snape
Dedication:
To Machenzie,
my beautiful daughter,
I dedicate
her ink and paper twin

See each chapter perfect shortened here. (in progress)
Covers from all over the world
Chapters’ pictures
HBP Tipps from Jo’s site

This is the sixth book of the series. Upcoming publication dates:
UK Audio books, by Stephen Fry: August 25, 2005
Denmark – Harry Potter Og Halvblodsprinsen – October 15th, 2005
Netherlands – Harry Potter en de Halfbloed Prins – November 2005
Hungary – Harry Potter és a Félver Herceg – Early months of 2006
Serbia – Hari Poter i Polukrvni Princ – September 2005
Poland – Harry Potter i Ksi¹¿ê Pó³krwi – January 28th, 2006

Facts & trivia:

• The abbreviation is HBP
• Although when she first put the title on her website it was written “Half Blood” Prince, she has now changed the title in the text-only section of the site with the more grammatically correct “Half-Blood” Prince.
• The first chapter of the book has been discussed by Rowling on her website. Here’s what she says about it:
I have come close to using a chapter very like this in ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ (it was one of the discarded first chapters), ‘Prisoner of Azkaban’ and ‘Order of the Phoenix’ but here, finally, it works, so it’s staying. And that’s all I’m going to say, but when you read it, just know that it’s been about thirteen years in the brewing.
• Rowling revealed the titles of three of the chapters on her website as a Halloween treat, Oct 31, 2004. They are:
Chapter 2: Spinners End
Chapter 6: Draco’s Detour
Chapter 14: Felix Felicis
• The title does not refer to either Harry or Voldemort
• The title of the sixth book is not “The Truth.” Here’s an email we’ve gotten a lot of lately along with Penny’s repsonse:
Your site said book six is going to be THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE. On JKR’s web site it says the title is THE TRUTH. Has her site just not been updated. Which one is it?
Yes, the title is “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” The reason that the news blurb relating to this matter is entitled “The Truth” on Rowling’s website is somewhat complicated. In short, someone claimed to have broken into Rowling’s website and discovered that the title for Book 6 was “Harry Potter and the Pillar of Storge.” This rumor circulated wildly for at least three days before Rowling finally addressed the issue on her website. The real title was given behind the door that only opens for short periods of time.
Her blurb about this matter in her “news” area was titled “The Truth,” which is where the confusion comes from. That’s the title of the news item about the new book, not the title of the book itself. In other words, the “Truth” refers to Rowling confirming that the book is not titled Pillar of Storge, as rumored. You are not the first person to write us with this confusion. If we could ask Rowling to edit her website, believe me, we would! But, the title has been confirmed by Rowling and all reliable Potter news sources as Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
• Harry will be in his sixth year at Hogwarts in book six.
• Muggles will be noticing unusual events without realizing that they are the result of Voldemort’s return.
• Neville will need another wand to replace that which was broken in the Department of Mysteries.
• We’ll learn more about the circumstances of Voldemort’s birth in this book
• If the Quidditch season takes place as usual, the Gryffindor team will hold tryouts for at least two Chaser positions. If Harry has been reinstated as Seeker by then, Ginny Weasley plans to try out for Chaser at that point.
• Gryffindor will also need a new team captain. The team as it currently stands (assuming that Harry is allowed to play and that Ginny is made a Chaser) is as follows:
Keeper – Ron Weasley
Seeker – Harry Potter
Chasers – Ginny Weasley and Katie Bell (one spot open)
Beaters – NOT Jack Sloper and Andrew Kirke [UPDATE: Rowling said on her website that the Beaters will be new players chosen by the new team captain, so Jack and Andrew are out…]
• In the coming school year, Ron and Hermione will turn seventeen, and will therefore be of age in the wizarding world and old enough to obtain a license to Apparate. Hermione will turn 17 just a few weeks after the start of school. [NOTE: According to Rowling on her website, Hermione is the oldest of three, having been almost 12 when she started Hogwarts. Therefore she’ll turn 17 right after the beginning of the school year.]
• According to Rowling, there will be a new Minister of Magic, but it won’t be Arthur Weasley
• We will meet Grawp again, and this time around he’ll be a bit more controllable

Author’s comments about the book:

• At the moment, I really like how the sixth book is going. A lot happens in the sixth book and a lot of questions are answered. I really have a sense that we are nearly there and it is time for answers, not more questions and clues, although obviously there are a few clues as I am not quite finished yet. I hope that that is sufficiently frustrating for you, knowing that you can’t read it yet!