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Harry, a History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon (Paperback)

by J. K. Rowling (Foreword), Melissa Anelli (Author)
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  • Paperback: 356 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books (4 Nov 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1416554955
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416554950
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 13.6 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,766 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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26 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Potterdom Revealed, 4 Nov 2008
This is a book about the Harry Potter fandom and phenomenon that is both insightful and heartfelt written as it is by a true insider. It is both a fan's and journalist's dream, crammed with details and facts covering the whole Potter phenomenon from its very beginnings to its ever continuing expansion. It also, uniquely, has the inside track on Jo Rowling's experience as well, with both interviews and a foreword by the extraordinary creator herself. Its pacy, well written, and keenly observed, covering all the bases from fanfic to wizard rock. Highly recommended.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An insider's look into Harry's frenetic fandom, 19 Dec 2008
This book gives you ringside seat to what it's like to live as one of the most famous Potter fans. I received mine from Amazon a few days ahead of the actual publication date (something us Potter fans aren't used to) and read it right away. As J.K. Rowling's foreword says: "So this book is a history of a community, written by an insider...it can be read as warts-and-all expose of fan mentality or as a story of the world's biggest book group..."

Melissa Anelli is a professional writer, and it shows in this book. She opens chapter one with a frenetic pace and grabs readers from the first "Within twenty-four hours" opening line. Ms. Anelli does quite an amiable job of sharing her story throughout the entire book: from all the highs, to the lows, to the death threats received by Emerson.

My favorite chapter was chapter 9 "Banned and Burned." In that chapter, we get to sit in on Anelli's conversation with one of the most famous Harry haters, Laura Mallory. I shared Ms. Anelli's resignation and frustration over that meeting but feel that there was nothing more Ms. Anelli could have done to convince Ms. Mallory otherwise. With the Septology's completion, it's becoming clearer and clearer that Harry Potter is just as moral as Ms. Rowling always said it was, and then some.

Thanks for sharing your story with us, Melissa.

Nancy Solon Villaluz is the author of:
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19 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Harry a History Wizard Read, 4 Nov 2008
By A. Farrell "dreauror" (Liverpool, England) - See all my reviews
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Melissa runs Leaky Cauldron and if that is not enough she has now written a book about Harry Potter. You cannot imagine what its about, because what you Harry a History is going to be about it is not.

Its a insight in Melissa's journey from the beginning of Harry to I guess the end of Harry although Harry will not end for many of his fans. It also portrays, Joanna's life and what was happening around her whilst she was developing Harry and the seven long year battle against Voldemort.

Its about a young woman who turned her talent and skills into writing an anecdotal but personal and sometimes very private and soul searching book about the world that Harry was born into as a series of books. By the end of it you will know more about Harry, more about Melissa and undoubtedly more about our hero Joanna Rowling.

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5.0 out of 5 stars great!
Although I have not read this book yet I'm looking forward to it as much as I would any other book about Harry Potter!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Harry, A History

This book is Awesome. Thanks Melissa for the exciting read. Some much more Information about the Potter world that I didn't know. Thanks Mate!
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This book was almost as eagerly awaited as one of JK Rowling's books about Harry. It is not a synopsis of Harry's story, but rather the story of how "Harry" came about. Read more
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