Schafer

[Jim Flanagan]

No: HPFGUIDX 2458

I bought Schafer's book over eBay and received it yesterday.  Ugh!  
The prose is choppy and frequently ungrammatical, but even worse are 
the numerous mistakes of fact. It made me wonder if she had even read 
the books; she certainly hadn't taken the time to re-check her 
statements or to proofread the manuscript.

One thing that I did enjoy were the belly laughs she unintentionally 
provides with howlers such as: "Pettigrew's missing finger symbolizes 
his inability to make his point effectively."  (p. 66)

I'd be very careful about using this book as a teaching resource 
because of the numerous errors and the extremely poor writing.  Even 
the youngest HP fans will notice the factual mistakes, and I'm sure 
that more than a few 6th graders can write better prose than is 
evidenced here.

-Jim Flanagan