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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, published as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in the United Kingdom, is the first book in the Harry Potter series, and most reader’s first brush with the magical and wondrous world of Harry Potter and his magical pals at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This first book of the series is the first that charmed publishers and readers, and which first introduced us to the main characters in the series: Harry Potter (of course), his best friend Ron Weasley (of the large and humble Weasley clan), and the highly intelligent Hermione Granger. This is the first book in a series of seven planned volumes.

Bloomsbury publishers in London first published Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone on June 26, 1997. The film was eventually made into a successful film of the same name, and it still stands as the most popular of the series’ books. At present date, it appears that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone has sold an estimated 17 million copies in the United States, and as much as 70 million copies worldwide. Here is a brief summary of the basic plot of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

The beginnings of the Harry Potter story opens with the wizards Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall meeting at a certain address-Number Four, Privet Drive, Little Winging, a suburb of Surrey. They have met there to discuss recent events that have occurred in the wizarding universe. It appears that Lord Voldemort, who has a reputation as one of the most fearsome and powerful of all the dark wizards in recent history, has been finally defeated. Sadly, two wizards have died as a result of this bearing. The two final victims were James and Lily Potter, who are the parents of young Harry. Harry is an infant when his parents die at the hands of Lord Voldemort, and he has somehow survived this legendary encounter, save for a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead. For this, young Harry becomes a legend in the world of wizards.

Dumbledore wants young Harry to be raised far from the attention and scrutiny that this event has caused, so he is left to be cared for by his only living relatives, his Aunt Petunia Dursley and her family, which includes bumbling husband Vernon and Harry’s spoiled cousin Dudley. The Dursley’s do not care for the magical world, and they keep Harry’s heritage hid from him. However, not long from Harry’s eleventh birthdays, owls begin to deliver letters to the Dursley household that are addressed for Harry which are withheld from him by the Dursley’s. Finally, Hagrid the Hogwarts gamekeeper delivers the letters to Harry. The letters are Harry’s official invitation to attend the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Hagrid introduces Harry to the magical world. Finally, after learning much about his secret magic past, Harry makes his way off to Hogwarts. On the way he meets Ron Weasley, who will become his best friend. He also meets Hermione Granger, who appears to be an annoying know-it-all, but who will become one of his closest friends.

Once at Hogwarts, the new students are sorted into one of four houses. Harry and his new friends are chosen for Gryffindor house. At Hogwarts, a three-headed dog named Fluffy guards a secret trapdoor. Harry, Ron, and Hermione speculate that it  must protect the legendary philosopher’s stone, which is thought to produce eternal life. The three friends decide to save the stone from imminent theft, and they find that the seemingly innocent Professor Quirrell is trying to steal the stone. It appears that Lord Voldemort’s spirit has taken over Quirrell. Harry and his friends confront Quirrell and during the confrontation, Quirrell dies. Voldemort’s spirit flees the scene. Harry suffers minor injuries during the confrontation, and as he recovers, Dumbledore informs him that his mother died in trying to protect Harry. It appears that his mother’s pure protective love has made him immune from the evil spells of Voldemort. Dumbledore also tells Harry that the stone will be destroyed in order to prevent future threat.

In the last installment of the Harry Potter, the dark Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it appears that our beloved Dumbledore died during a tragic battle scene. But did Dumbledore really die in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? There is so much controversy swarming over this simple question that it becomes clear just how passionate Harry Potter fans are. Dumbledore, as the sage head of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, represented the wisdom and experience in the always changing world of magic. Dumbledore always gave Harry the best advice, and he always seemed to come to Harry’s rescue when he most needed help.

Many fans were shocked at the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince when Dumbledore plunged to his death. Many cried, and yet others refused to believe that such a thing could happen. But did it really happen? Did Dumbledore really die, or is it yet another trick that Harry Potter creator JK Rowling has up her sleeve? There are plenty of Harry Potter fans out there who refuse to believe that Dumbledore could really be gone forever. Despite Rowling’s warnings that an important character would be dying, the revelation still managed to catch fans by complete surprise. Those who refuse to believe the possibility that Dumbledore has really died have even created websites dedicated to their belief that Dumbledore is really alive. There is even a famous website called dumbledoreisnotdead.com.

Some fans debate whether Dumbledore is really dead or not. Some argue that there are important clues in that final pivotal scene that demonstrate the possibility that perhaps Dumbledore is not really dead, and that Snape is not really a death eater. It is a well known fact that JK Rowling frequently plants secret clues that is embedded in the prose. Many fans believe that Dumbledore’s death is actually a hint or clue that will make sense once the final installment of the Harry Potter series is finished and released. Other fans believe that Dumbledore will return in the seventh and final installment of the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Even if he does not return in live form, many dedicated Harry Potter readers believe that there is a distinct possibility that Dumbledore will return as a ghost, phantom or spirit of some kind. Many readers hold out high hopes that Aldus Dumbledore will return in the final installment of the Harry Potter series in some form or other. Readers who feel a strong connection or fondness to Dumbledore will surely be disappointed if their hopes do not pan out in the end.

However, during a rare recent panel session in New York, JK Rowling, the writer of all the Harry Potter books, announced something that many Harry fans will not want to hear. She said unequivocally that Dumbledore is dead, and that there were no tricks in that pivotal scene. She apologized to fans who loved Dumbledore and who are still reeling from the shock of losing him in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Still, even with Rowling’s unequivocal words that prove that Dumbledore is indeed dead, many fans still refuse to lose hope that Dumbledore may return in some fashion.

After all, the Harry Potter books are basically fantasy novels, where the impossible can sometimes be achieved. Wouldn’t it be possible, some fans ask, to revive Dumbledore in some way or another? But fans will have to wait and tune in to see what happens in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final installment in the vastly popular Harry Potter series created by JK Rowling. Whether Dumbledore returns or not, fans can all agree that he has been a powerful and inspiring source of wisdom and experience throughout the entire Harry Potter series.

The Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is one of the aspects of the Harry Potter books that make the series so appealing to many of us. Who hasn’t read one or more of the Harry Potter books without daydream about what it would be like to attend this magical place with Harry, Ron Weasley and Hermione? JK Rowling has created a magical school where Harry and his pals learn, grow, study and try to master all the charms and spells in their textbook, while solving mysteries and battling the dark forces of evil. It is certainly a lot of things for young adults to shoulder, but they do it mightily well. Rowling does done such a masterful job at imagining and describing this magical school, that one feels almost as if it really does exist out there in another dimension of our normal lives. Like a real school, one can speak of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as if it really existed because that is about how real it feels to many readers.

In the Harry Potter universe, the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is apparently the only known school of magic to exist in the United Kingdom. All children of Britain and Ireland who are known to possess magical qualities are qualified to enroll in the Hogwarts School as witches and wizards in training. The school can aptly be described as a secondary boarding school that is co-educational and that accepts children ages 11 to 18. The school is believed to accommodate roughly about 1000 students, although some critics have noted that there are too few people in Harry’s year for this number to be realistic. Of course, this is slight oversight that does not bother most readers of the book series.

It is not known exactly how the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is funded, but it does not appear that students must pay tuition. However, students are responsible for procuring many of their own school supplies. Professor McGonagall is responsible for sending out letters to all young children with magical abilities who will turn eleven years old by the last day of August. There is a magical quill at Hogwarts School that detects the birth of all the magical children in the area, and their names are scripted into a large parchment book. When it comes time, all the magical children who are of age will receive a letter informing them that they are eligible to enroll at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The letter also informs them that they should accept or decline the invitation by the last day of July. The letter also informs the prospective students that they should procure certain supplies if they will be attending Hogwarts. Supplies include spell books, a Hogwarts uniform, and other miscellaneous supplies that are available for purchase at the shops along Diagon Alley. Diagon Alley is a secret street that is located near Charing Cross in London. There is extensive description of the intriguing shops located at Diagon Alley. Those students who cannot afford to buy the necessary supplies are supplied with financial aid from the school. This is the case for Tom Riddle, a young orphan in the series.

All Hogwarts students are allowed to bring one pet with them to keep while at school. The pet can either be a cat, owl, or toad. Most students choose to keep owls as pets because they can deliver their mail back home, and retrieve messages and packages from the home front. The Hogwarts school year always begins on the first day of September.

If you are at all familiar with the books in the Harry Potter series, you are probably already familiar with the four distinct Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Houses that make reading the Harry Potter books so much fun. JK Rowling has created four different houses that operate as separate entities at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry School for Wizards. Each house has its own dormitory and common room at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and more or less operates as a working unit. Most students take classes with members of their own house. Each house even has its own table in the Great Hall where they eat together, so it is understood that most students eat, sleep and study together. This creates a sense of intimacy with each house, as well as a sense of competition with other houses.

Even though there are no rules against members of different houses from mingling socially with one another, the practice is generally deterred by the simple fact that the students naturally spend more time with people from their own house. Perhaps the most popular and most respected house at Hogwarts—at least with readers—is the house of Gryffindor. Gryffindor is popular because of its chivalric characteristics, which include courage, loyalty and boldness. Of course, the house of Gryffindor is home to Harry Potter, and his best friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley and the rest of the extensive Weasley clan. The symbol of house of Gryffindor is the lion, and the colors of the house are gold and scarlet. The founder of the house of Gryffindor was Godric Gryffindor. Like the other houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the house of Gryffindor has a resident house ghost. For the house of Gryffindor, this spooky house ghost is the jittery Nearly Headless Nick.

The house of Gryffindor is the house that Harry Potter and his friends live in, and so it is the house that has been most extensively described in the course of the book series. The members of Gryffindor, of course, also tend to be the main focus of most of the subplots. The private quarters of the house of Gryffindor are located on the seventh floor of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry School, in one of the castle’s high towers. To gain access to the Gryffindor quarters, those who wish to enter are located on the seventh floor and they are guarded by a painting of the Fat Lady, a portrait of a woman who is a dressed in a luxurious pink dress. The Fat Lady only permits entry to the Gryffindor quarters if you are able to provide her with the correct password. The password is constantly changing to make certain that only Gryffindor members can enter. Once a Gryffindor member provides the Fat Lady with the correct password, they are capable of gaining access to the interior. Behind the Fat Lady there is a large common room. It is furnished with a sitting area and a fireplace. Inside the room there are two staircases that lead up to male and female dormitories.

Some critics and JK Rowling herself have mentioned that the house of Gryffindor corresponds to the element of fire, which would explain its bright crimson and gold colors. The house of Gryffindor’s biggest rival is the house of Slytherin. The house of Slytherin in general dislikes the house of Gryffindor, both because they appear to be annoyingly heroic and because since the arrival of Harry Potter, the house of Gryffindor has become the most frequent winner in all of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry School contests. The house of Gryffindor nearly always finds itself saving the day, which surely annoys the house of Slytherin.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third book in the mega-popular Harry Potter series that was created by JK Rowling. The book’s first printing was in July 8, 1999. The film version of the book was released on May 31, 2004 in the United Kingdom, and shortly after in the United States. The book is one of the most popular volumes of the series. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is distinguished from the other volumes in the series in that it is the only title in which the dark lord Voldemort does not appear. 

At the beginning of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban opens with Harry spending his summer again at the Dursley’s. He celebrates his birthday alone there, although he does receive gifts and cards from his friends back at Hogwarts. He also receives a newspaper clipping from Ron Weasley that announces that his father has won a prize that has allowed the family to take a trip to Egypt. The newspaper is also filled with stories about Sirius Black, who is a known insane murderer and who has recently escaped from Azkaban prison. But despite this news, Harry is still more afraid of the visit from his Aunt Marge. When Aunt Marge’s insults Harry, he becomes so angry that he gathers his belongings and leaves. Outside on a dark street, he comes upon a large black dog. He stumbles and inadvertently sparks his wand. This summons the Knight Bus which takes him to Diagon Alley. Harry spends the rest of the summer at the Leaky Cauldron.

On the train back to school, Harry, Ron and Hermione spot creatures called dementors, which are guards of the Azkaban prison searching for Sirius Black. The dementors are installed to help protect Hogwarts until he is caught. Meanwhile, Hermione appears to be taking every class available, and Harry is frightened that the dog he saw earlier is an omen of death. Hagrid has trouble adjusting to life as a teacher, and one night the Gryffindor students find that they are locked out of their dormitories. Sirius Black is out to find Harry.

During a quidditch match against Hufflepuff, Harry faints at the end and falls from his broom. The dementors rush toward him, and then run away. Later, Harry, Hermione and Ron sneak into a pub and overhear a conversation about Sirius Black in which they discover that Black was one of Harry’s father’s best friends, as well as Harry’s godfather. Apparently, Black was also the Potter’s secret-keeper, but eventually betrayed them to Voldemort. Harry vows to get revenge against Black.

One of the most popular passages of this volume is when Harry Potter learns the famous patronus charm. Later, Harry, Ron, and Hermione find themselves in the shrieking shack. It is revealed that the new Professor Lupin sometimes turns into a werewolf, and that Harry’s dad as well as Sirius Black also turned into animals to help keep him in track. Thus, it is revealed that Black is not the awful character that Harry had thought he was. He is in fact his godfather, and offers to take care of Harry. But Black is captured by and Hermione must use her Time Turner to transport her and Harry back in time briefly. They are able to free Sirius. Later, when it is revealed that Lupin is a werewolf, he resigns, but before he leaves he gives Harry the Marauder Map that he made with Black and Harry’s map.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban surely have one of the most interesting and complex plots in the series. It is full of charms, secrets, and plot twists that keep the reader guessing at all times.

Harry Potter has become famous as the fastest-selling book in recent publishing history. It is reported that at one point Barnes and Noble was selling an average of 105 copies per second in the first few hours of the book’s release. The book was released on July 16, 2005, and it is the sixth volume in the Harry Potter series. The book made over 100 million dollars just in its first weekend in release, which is more than all the top movies combined that were also released that weekend.

Many readers and critics have noted that Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince has a much darker tone than some of the previous books in the series. The book’s setting opens barely two weeks after the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In this volume, Rufus Scrimgeour is announced as the new minister for magic. This benefits the Weasley family as Arthur Weasley receives a promotion that helps to improve the family’s financial situation.

Back at Hogwarts, security measures are heightened because of increased death activity. Snape is finally promoted to defense against the dark arts teacher, and Harry and Dumbledore help convince Horace Slughorn to come out of retirement in order to become potions teacher. Harry and Ron sign up for Slughorn’s advanced potion classes, and Harry uses an old textbook that once belonged to the half blood prince. The prince left notes in the book that allow Harry to exceed in the course, even getting better grades than Hermione. Slughorn gives Harry a vial of good luck potion as a reward. Harry suspects that Draco may be a death eater, but Dumbledore does not seem concerned.

Ron begins to date Lavender Brown just as he and Hermione appear to be developing a romantic relationship. He even kisses Lavender in public to spite Hermione after he hears that she had kissed Viktor Krum in the past. Meanwhile, Hermione gets her own form of revenge by inviting Cormac McLaggen to accompany her to Slughorn’s Christmas party. Her plan to make Ron jealous backfires when Ron is accidentally poisoned, which causes their feud to end. Ron breaks up with Lavender. Harry also finds himself with romantic troubles. Many girls are drawn to him, but he cares only for Ginny Weasley. But he is afraid that starting a relationship with her may put his friendship with Ron under strain. However, Ron gives his approval after the victorious Quidditch match when Harry inadvertently kisses Ginny.

Dumbledore and Harry attempt to rescue a lost memory from Slughorn’s past. Dumbledore tells Harry that he believes Voldemort has split his soul into seven parts. They set off to find another of Voldemort’s horcruxes, which they believe is hidden in a secret cave. They retrieve the locket, but Dumbledore finds himself very weakened by the process. They find that the dark mark is hanging over Hogwarts. Draco Malfoy attempts to ambush them as they investigate. Draco announces that the death eaters have infiltrated Hogwarts. Snape kills Dumbledore by using the Avaa Kedavra move that causes Draco to fall to his death from the astronomy tower. Harry pursues Snape, who calls himself the half blood prince. When Harry takes the locket from Dumbledore’s body, he discovers that the locket is not real. There is a note inside with the initials R.A.B. The year at Hogwarts ends somberly with Dumbledore’s funeral. Professor McGonagall is appointed as the new headmistress. At the end of the novel, Harry decides that he must not return to Hogwarts the next year, but instead search the world for the horcruxes that he must find in order to destroy Voldemort. He ends his relationship with Ginny Weasley in order to protect her from Voldemort, and Hermione and Ron insist upon helping him find the horcruxes.

Draco Malfoy stands as Harry’s complete opposite, and thus makes a wonderful antagonist and villain in the hugely popular JK Rowling’s book series about the famous boy wizard Harry. According to Rowling, Draco Malfoy was born on June 5, 1980. Since Harry’s first day at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Draco Malfoy has stood as his main rival and antagonist at the school. He is frequently trying to compete at Harry, and is bothered any time that Harry distinguishes himself in any way.

Draco Malfoy is described as tall and slender. He has a sharp-featured face, including a sharp nose and darting eyes. He is described as very pale, with slick white-blond hair. He has light grey eyes that are described as icy and cold. He comes from a wealthy family. Harry immediately dislikes Draco Malfoy, and considers him to be an arrogant and spoiled boy who is also selfish and extremely competitive. The other students generally refer to Draco as “Malfoy” Draco Malfoy frequently makes fun of Ron Weasley because his family is not rich. Weasley comes from a poor financial background, although his family is rich in love. Draco Malfoy also frequently antagonizes Ron Weasley because she was born into a muggle family. In other words, Hermione does not have “magical” parents or known relatives with magical abilities. Draco Malfoy has an elitist and prejudiced view of the wizard world. Draco was taught by his family that wizarding should only be studied and done by those who come from a pure wizard family. Draco Malfoy is known to call Hermione by the slur “mudblood.” In the Harry Potter film adaptations, Draco Malfoy is played by the actor Tom Felton.

Just how did Draco turn into such a monster? It appears that much of Draco’s arrogance comes from the way he was raised. He was the only child of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. His family is loosely related to the Black family on his mother’s side. It appears that Draco’s mother is the cousin of Sirius Black. Draco Malfoy represents one of Harry’s biggest challenges as a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. At first, he appears merely to be schoolyard bully-type and a source of competition for Harry. However, as the book series continues, Draco begins to mature, but he also takes on even more sinister undertones. Eventually, Draco Malfoy joins the death eaters. Draco appears to inherit his family’s generational racism. Draco’s father, Lucius, is a known supporter of the dark and evil Lord Voldemort. However, after the initial downfall of the dark Lord Voldemort, Lucius claims that he did not really support Voldemort, but was merely the victim of a mind control spell. However, when the dark Lord Voldemort attains a new body and returns to the wizard world, both of Draco’s parents return to the service of the evil Lord Voldemort. Although Draco Malfoy’s mother, Narcissa, does not seem to become a death eater herself, it is clear that she supports her husband and the Lord Voldemort’s evil goals.

In nearly all of the Harry Potter books released in the series thus far, Draco Malfoy nearly always serves as Harry Potter’s foil. They are like reverse mirror images of one another. Draco is also important because he is the most prominent representative of the Slytherin House. He provides other members with rumors, and stands as one of the most important sources of information in the series, rumors and otherwise. Although he is a bully and arrogant, he also possesses a keen intelligence. He has aspirations to be one of the most powerful and cunning wizards in all of Hogwarts history.

Daniel Radcliffe has been made into a genuine movie star because of the popularity of the Harry Potter books and subsequent film adaptations. Most Harry Potter fans agree that Daniel makes the perfect Harry Potter because he emits a sense of courage, earnestness and real-life teenage behavior that makes Harry Potter such an appealing character. In the eyes of many fans, Daniel Radcliffe is Harry Potter.

Daniel Radcliffe was born in Fulham, London. He is the only son of Alan Radcliffe and Marcia Gresham. His father Alan is a literary agent, while mother Marcia is a casting agent for the BBC. Daniel lives with his parents and two dogs, named Binka and Nugget. From an early age, Radcliffe expressed an interest in going into acting. He made his acting debut in the BBC production of Charles Dickens popular novel, David Copperfield, which was released in December of 1999. Young Radcliffe portrayed the title character as a boy. But Radcliffe’s truly big break arrived when he tried out for the much-coveted role of Harry Potter in the big-budget film adaptations of the immensely popular JK Rowling book series. After attending an open call audition, and after several rounds of auditions, Radcliffe finally landed the role of a lifetime.

In August of 2000, it was announced that Daniel Radcliffe would be taking on the role of Harry Potter in the film adaptations of the mega-popular book series. Although he was selected for the role of Harry Potter in August of 2000, Radcliffe actually made his official big screen film debut in the Tailor of Panama in 2001. Later that year, the world would come to know him as Harry Potter in the first adaptation of the Rowling’s novels, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in the North American version). The film met all expectation and quickly became one of the highest grossing films in the year, and one of the most successful film franchises of all time was launched.

Daniel Radcliffe has gone on to star in four more Harry Potter films, including Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of the Phoenix. It is not yet known whether the remaining books in the series (there will be seven in total) will be adapted into film, but chances are they will eventually be made into films because the franchise has been so successful.

Daniel Radcliffe has begun to move beyond his Harry Potter persona. Radcliffe has recently starred in stage productions. In 2002, for instance, he appeared in a guest role in The Play What I Wrote, a West End production directed by Kenneth Branagh (who also co-starred in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets). In 2006, Radcliffe made a little fun of his image when he appeared in Extras. On that show, he gleefully did a parody of himself. Radcliffe appears to be making a smooth transition into adult roles, carefully moving past the role of Harry Potter. Child actors notoriously have a difficult time transitioning into adult roles, and it appear that Radcliffe’s troubles would be compounded by the fact that he has achieved such success at an early age, playing one of the most recognizable roles of all times. But Radcliffe appears to be making the transition with little difficulty, appearing in small independent movies and taking on more theatrical roles. One of his most recent film roles is for an independent Australian production called December Boys. He is also scheduled to appear on stage in the play Equus, a role that has generated media buzz because he is scheduled to appear nude.

The Quidditch World Cup is one of the major events that occur in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth installment in the hugely popular Harry Potter book series. The scene of the Quidditch World Cup in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is one of the most famous scenes in the book and movie version because it is full of excitement, drama, and of course, danger. The game of quidditch is a fictional game that JK Rowling invented for the Harry Potter books. The game has been likened to a combination of football soccer and rugby. Although the game is clearly fictional, it has developed a life of its own outside the confines of the printed Harry Potter books. Many children have been known to contrive their very landlocked version of the Quidditch sport. In the books, it is Harry’s favorite sport. Moreover, in recent years, EA Games has developed a very successful video game equivalent that is known as Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup.

As previously mentioned, the game Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup was created and released by EA Games, and it is based on the fictional game that is central to many of the Harry Potter books. In the video game version of this fictional yet thoroughly popular sport, the user must play for the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Quidditch Cup. That is, as the main player, you are representing Hogwarts School, and you will want to make all of your Hogwarts mates by playing your very best. The Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup game allows you to choose your favorite house at Hogwarts and then compete against the other houses. For instance, you can play against Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw, depending on which team you choose as your own. Once you have conquered all of the other Hogwarts house teams, you are ready to move on to a bigger venue. In case of the Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup game, this means you can move on to an international venue. In the Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup game, you can compete against the United States, England, Germany, France, Spain, Scandinavia, Australia, Japan, and Bulgaria. If the Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup game has received criticism, it is mainly for leaving out Ireland. Fans of the game have complained that it makes no sense to keep Ireland out since the team won against Bulgaria in the Quidditch World Cup that is depicted in the fourth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. 

Despite this criticism, the Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup has mostly received positive review from fans and critics alike. The game has been praised for its ability to allow players to experience the feeling of taking to the air. The game allows player to fully imagine the experience of flying through the air with great power and speed as they play the fictional game of Quidditch, Harry and his friend’s most beloved sport. The game of Quidditch, as it is depicted in the video game version, allows player to control one of two teams. Each team has seven players who whiz around on magical broomsticks. Both teams must play four balls simultaneously. Playing four balls at once makes for an exciting match no matter what your skill level or familiarity with Quidditch. Players are responsible for choosing and controlling every position on their team. They must make the three chasers try to score using the quaffle, control the beaters as they fend off the bludgers, and stay with the keeper who is responsible for protecting the goal.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book in the Harry Potter series that was created by JK Rowling. The book was first released on June 21, 2003 in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the United States. It sold nearly seven million copies in the United Kingdom and the United States on that first release date. The film version of this volume is scheduled to be released on July 13, 2007.

When this title opens, Harry has just had a big fight with his aunt and uncle. He wanders around Little Whinging when he and his cousin Dudley are attacked by the dementors. Harry uses the Patronus Charm to ward off the dementors, but Dudley remains shaken badly from the encounter. One of their neighbors, Arabella Figg, comes to their aid. It is revealed that she is a squib, a person who is not magical but who is born into a magical family. Arabella Figg was asked by Dumbledore to watch over Harry when he is staying with the Dursley’s. When they get home, Harry finds that an owl has delivered a letter that says he has been expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for using magic outside of the school, and that he must appear before the Ministry of Magic for a special hearing. Members of the order of the Phoenix arrive to take Harry to their secret headquarters at the Black family home in London. Arthur Weasley accompanies Harry to the hearing but they are late because they were not told the correct time and location. Fortunately, Mrs. Figg arrives and testifies in Harry’s favor and he is cleared.

Back at Hogwarts there is a new instructor, Dolores Umbridge, who appears to be there to spy, and who has a prejudice against centaurs and so-called half-breeds. Ron is made the new keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Ginny replaces Harry as the seeker.  Harry and Hermione learn that Hagrid has been sent on a special mission and that he is secretly keeping his half-brother Grawp hidden in the forest. Professor Umbridge demonstrates a strong disliking for Hagrid. Harry continues to have the same nightmares that have haunted him for a while. Harry has dreams about Arthur Weasley getting bitten by a snake, and then he learns that Arthur has indeed been bitten by venomous snakes. Harry worries that Voldemort is trying to take control of his body, but Dumbledore assures him that is not the case.

Hermione convinces Harry to form the D.A., the secret Dumblore Army, and she convinces Harry to teach students defense against the dark arts in secret. Umbridge discovers their secret meetings, but Dumbledore protects them. The Weasley twins also begin a student revolt when Umbridge appoints herself as headmistress, and none of the other teachers help her retain control. Shortly after, Harry receives visions that Sirius Black is being tortured. When Umbridge catches Harry trying to contact Black, Hermione distracts her by taking her to the forest where she insults a bunch of centaurs and she is carried away.

Harry and his friend’s use the school’s Thestrals to fly to the London Ministry of Magic, where they believe that Sirius is being trapped. However, it is not true, and when they arrive they find themselves ambushed by the death eaters. The students battle the death eaters and a glass sphere that Voldemort has been pursuing breaks. Sirius Black is killed during the battle by his cousin, a death eater. Dumbledore arrives and most of the death eaters are captured. Harry yells at Dumbledore for neglecting him for over a year, and Dumbledore reveals to him the lost prophecy: he must kill Voldemort, or be killed. Another year ends, and Harry returns to the Dursley’s house for yet another summer with them.