In the early 90's I honestly thought reading was a dying art. Each year my students were less and less interested in books. The only things that got their attention were movies and video games. But in 1997 they started telling me about this amazing story; an orphan with a lightning bolt scar on his forehead. An ordinary boy discovers he can make magic. And he DID make magic. Almost overnight he transformed kids who hated to read into kids who couldn’t wait for their next book. I searched the library, but every copy was checked out. I bought Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and read it the same day. Then I read it aloud to my kids. When we moved to England and were only allowed to bring one small box of books, every single volume of Harry Potter made the cut.
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