[HPforGrownups] Re: Henrietta...

[Amber]

No: HPFGUIDX 19779


--- rja.carnegie at excite.com wrote:
> Too often, boys don't read _anything_, _that's_ the problem.
> If they do, it probably won't be _Sweet Valley High_.  It might
> be Philip Pullman (to name an author who, unlike yours, isn't
> long dead).

My mom says that whenever there is a book that motivates boys to read,
there is a flurry of attention towards it. My mom thinks that explains
the Harry phenomenon; boys were attracted to it because it features a
boy hero (and consequently wouldn't have touched it if Harry were a
girl) and the media caught wind of this. That started it all. Of
course, it doesn't hurt that the book is extremely well-written and
deserves the praise it gets. I should mention that my mom hasn't read
the books herself and isn't an expert. She's just a teacher and there
are her own observations she's made from teaching kids how to read.
Anyone have any definite information?

I'm not certain whether or not she's right, though. I'd love to peep
into an alternate universe where Harry Potter *was* written as
Henrietta and see if there is the same hoopla about it...

~Amber


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