Growing Up With Harry Potter

As we enter the final week before eager readers lay their hands on the last book in the Harry Potter series, The Guardian Unlimited has a great article entitled, The Harry-boomers, in which they interview the young fans (now in their early 20's), who have grown up with Harry Potter these past ten years:

The stories of his struggles against dark forces against a backdrop of adolescent tribulations have been a mainstay in the lives of countless young people. Many who started reading Harry Potter when it first came out are now on the verge of adulthood and entry into the "real world", too, just as the series reaches its conclusion.

Julia Pepper read Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone when she, like Harry then, was 11. "I was really against reading it at first," she says, "because the English teacher had recommended it, but my best friend who loved it practically locked me in a room with the book to make me read it. They are just addictive." ... read the article

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