A Mistake and a Question

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 23283

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., caliburncy at y... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., jonathandupont at h... wrote:
> > The mistake - 
> > In POA21 "Hermione's Secret" Dumbledore calls H&H "two 
> thirteen-year-
> > old wizards". Surely Dumbledore is wrong - Hermione is 14.
> 
> 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

This is the position I have taken as well, but a few recent posts 
have suggested that in Britain it may not be possible the way it is 
in the States. Here, if you think your child is ready for it, you can 
send them to kindergarten even if they're four, unless their birthday 
is in Novebember or December or later. This makes it easily possible 
that Hermione, being as she is mentally advanced for her age, could 
certainly have started Hogwarts while still at age 10, especially 
since her birthday is so close to the September 1 start date. But is 
that possible in Britain as well? Or would a September 1 cutoff  be 
enforced, no matter what? I think that the "correct" answer for now, 
until JKR does an interview with someone like me, will depend on what 
is allowed in Britain. 

resources from the Lexicon
Hermione and her family
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/granger.html

the school year schedule at Hogwarts
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/hogwarts_schedules.html

timeline of Hermione's life
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon/timeline_hermione.html



Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
http://www.i2k.com/~svderark/lexicon