HP fans in San Diego

[rmshowley]

> I'm a staff writer at The San Diego Union-Tribune 
preparing a story  to tie into the release of HP6 and am seeking avid 
HP readers who I can interview. Please respond to my business email 
at roger.showley at uniontrib.com
The focus of the story is the unique appeal of HP to 
young readers, teens and adults; the books have been out long enough 
for today's graduating high school seniors to have begun reading them 
in the fourth or fifth grade and I would like to talk to a 
couple of them. 
Related to that is the question of what else this age 
group reads and what influence HP books have had on their general 
reading habits. 
> A colleague is writing a broader story on the subject of 
summer reading habits and reading lists issued by their English 
teachers. How come kids don't like those reading lists, full of 
'classics' that were popular a century ago? And why are HP and other 
modern fantasies that have been well received by critics on the 
lists? 
We're also interested in the opinion of school and public 
librarians and English teachers. 
If you fit any of these categories, please email back 
ASAP.
 Thanks much.
Roger Showley, staff writer, 
The San Diego Union-Tribune