A Mistake and a Question

[jonathandupont at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23262

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Michelle Apostolides" 
<michelleapostolides at l...> wrote:

> > In POA21 "Hermione's Secret" Dumbledore calls H&H "two thirteen-
year-
> > old wizards". Surely Dumbledore is wrong - Hermione is 14.

> Depends when you think Hermione's birthday is. In the UK, the school
> year tends to run from September to July, with the children rising 
four
> or five being admitted to school the September after the birthday.
> 
> Michelle

I know - I live in the UK - that's exactly the point :-
 
> No, I believe he is correct.  As stated by JKR, Hermione's birthday 
is 
> September 19th.  She is younger than Harry, not older (born later 
the 
> same year, not earlier the previous).  At the time of POA21, she 
would 
> still be 13.  She isn't 14 until the September after that.
> -Luke

Then why is she in Harry's year? The school year runs from September 
1st to August 31st - Harry must be one of the youngest in his year. I 
remembered her birthday was in September from POA which was why it 
bothered me (very, very, very slightly). If she's born then, she 
would be with Ginny. I suppose she is bright enough to go a year 
early, but that was never how the magic system seemed to work. Where 
does it say that she is younger than Harry?