Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by
J.K. Rowling
image of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book cover “We now present the seventh and final installment in the epic tale of Harry Potter.”

So says the flyleaf of the book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Author J.K. Rowling sends us on a journey with Harry, Ron and Hermione to complete the quest set out by Professor Dumbledore. Along the way they meet up with old friends as well as new and old enemies. Will they complete the quest or will they be defeated? Is Snape really with the dark lord as it seems?

There are battles great and small and adventures galore. Enjoy the last epic tale of Harry Potter. It is well worth the time!

If you haven't read the series, it is available in its entirety in the Children's Literature Collection on the first floor of the Library. In chronological order:

  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PZ9.70.R69 Ha71 1998)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (PZ9.70 .R69 Ha72 1999)
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PZ9.70.R69 Ha73 1999)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (PZ9.70 .R69 Ha74 2000)
  • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (PZ9.70.R69 Ha75 2003)
  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (PZ9.70.R66 Ha76 2005)
  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (PZ9.70.R69 Ha 2007)

The Harry Potter movies based on the first four books in the series are available in the Recreational DVD Collection on the first floor. Recreational DVDs are arranged alphabetically by title.

The Library also has some books about Harry Potter in the General Collection on the second floor:

  • Females and Harry Potter: Not All That Empowering by Ruthann Mayes-Elma (PR6068.O93 Z765 2006)

  • The Psychology of Harry Potter: An Unauthorized Examination of the Boy Who Lived edited by Neil Mulholland (PR6068.O93 Z835 2007)

  • Reading Harry Potter: Critical Essays edited by Giselle Liza Anatol (PR6068.O93 Z84 2003)

  • The Wisdom of Harry Potter: What Our Favorite Hero Teaches Us About Moral Choices by Edmund M. Kern (PR6068.O93 Z735 2003)

  • Wizards, Wardrobes & Wookiees: Navigating Good and Evil in Harry Potter, Narnia and Star Wars by Connie Neal (BV4509.5 .N42 2007)
Finally, some Niagara University honors students wrote their theses on topics related to Harry Potter. Please ask at the Circulation Desk if you would like to view them (please note: these particular titles cannot be checked out):

  • Harry Potter and Christianity: Friends or Foes? by Kimberly Lowes
  • The Presence of Harry Potter in the classroom by Karen White
  • The Treatment of Death in the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling by Angelica N. Martin

Diane Maroon wrote this Monthly Book Spotlight.


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