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He Read, She Read (Arts and Entertainment)

Why Should We Bother With Harry Potter?

Posted 2005-10-06

By Lucy Bednar

This past summer my friend Maria stood in line at a Barnes and Noble Bookstore with her 11-year-old son, Andrew, waiting for July 15 to become July 16. Andrew couldn’t resist the excitement of being out at midnight with other Harry Potter-crazy youngsters eager to buy the newest installment in J.K. Rowling’s saga about the boy-wizard. When their number was called, Maria and Andrew entered the store, where every cash register was operating at full throttle, and everyo...

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