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The Harry Potter™ books & movies:
Charming stories, or a demonic plot?

Content, reviews, bannings, attempts at
censorship, and other muggle* matters

* Non-Wizards

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Quotations:

	"Magic has a universal appeal. I don't believe it in the way that I describe it in my books, but I'd love it to be real." J K Rowling
	"Rowling believes that it is only by letting children experience the real consequences of evil actions that they can understand Harry's moral choices." Readers' Digest, 2000-DEC, Page 62.
	"Children who read about Harry will probably discover little to nothing about the true world of the occult." Lindy Beam, Focus on the Family, a Colorado-based fundamentalist Christian agency.
	"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs is good for him," Maya Angelou.
	"... we have to take issues of good and evil seriously and we just can't endorse the kind of moral ambiguity that we see in these books." Joel Belz, World Magazine, a national evangelical Christian newsmagazine

About the books and their author:

J.K. Rowling wrote the first book in the Harry Potter series ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") in 1997. It was titled "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in the UK edition. Her seventh and final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" was published in 2007-JUL. It became the fastest-selling book in history. More than 11 million copies were sold in the first 24 hours in Britain and the U.S. About 325 million copies of the first six books have been sold worldwide. They have been translated into 64 languages.

Rowling is married and has three children. Her personal assets are estimated at 1.12 billion dollars (in U.S. funds). She has become the first dollar-billionaire author. _1,2

Topics in this section:

	Introduction: Books, movies, quotations, overview About the author, Harry, movies & terminology
	The Harry Potter books
	Responses: By conservative Christian groups: Introduction, and descriptions of book burnings Negative reviews by conservative Christian groups. More negative reviews Jeremiah Films video Positive reactions by conservative Christian groups. Other comments from a variety of sources By a pre-teen's sister about the difference the books made in his life
	Christian urban folk tales based on the Harry Potter books
	Objections to the books: efforts to ban them; are parents' concerns valid?
	Developments reported in the media Years 2000 to 2003 Years 2004 to 2006 Years 2007 to now
	Links to Harry Potter web sites; books reviewing Harry Potter; references used

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References used:

1. "JK Rowling says wizard Dumbledore is gay," Reuters, 2007-OCT-20, at: http://news.yahoo.com/
2. " Harry Potter author JK Rowling 'outs' Dumbledore," AFP, 2007-OCT-20, at: http://news.yahoo.com/

   

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