[HPforGrownups] Re: OoP Summary/Spoiler at TLC?

[Gina R Rosich]

No: HPFGUIDX 55062

On 4/9/03 9:32 PM, "purple_801999" <purple_801999 at yahoo.com> had this to
say:

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Debbie" <debmclain at y...> wrote:
>> > Have you seen the OoP summary from Scholastic posted at The Leaky
>> > Cauldron? Are we "allowed" to discuss this here?
>> > 
>> > I'm not so sure Arabella Figg will be the DADA teacher now.
>> > 
>> > -Debbie
> 
> 
> Must. Have. Book. NOW.
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Ok.  I thought perhaps posting the entire Œarticle¹ here with SPOILER SPACE
might be a good idea.  That way anyone who wants to read it, doesn¹t have to
go to the website.  And anyone who doesn¹t want to read it will not be
spoiled.  Perhaps we should use spoiler space for this discussion?
Moderators?  

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Begin transmission:
 
Summary of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
As seen in the Summer/Fall 2003 Scholastic catalog

"I say to you all, once again ­ in the light of Lord Voldemort¹s return, we
are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord
Voldemort¹s gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can
fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and trust.²

So spoke Albus Dumbledore at the end of Harry Potter¹s fourth year at
Hogwarts. But as Harry enters his fifth year at wizard school, it seems
those bonds have never been more sorely tested. Lord Voldemort¹s rise has
opened a rift in the wizarding world between those who believe the truth
about his return, and those who prefer to believe it¹s all madness and lies
­ just more trouble from Harry Potter.

Add this to a host of other worries for HarryŠ

*    A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like
poisoned honey
*    A venomous, disgruntled house-elf
*    Ron as keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team
*    And of course, what every student dreads: end-of-term Ordinary
Wizarding Level exams

Šand you¹d know what Harry faces during the day. But at night it¹s even
worse, because then he dreams of a single door in a silent corridor. And
this door is somehow more terrifying than every other nightmare combined.

In the richest installment yet of J.K. Rowling¹s seven-part story, Harry
Potter confronts the unreliability of the very government of the magical
world, and the impotence of the authorities at Hogwarts.

Despite this (or perhaps because of it) Harry finds depth and strength in
his friends, beyond what even he knew; boundless loyalty, and unbearable
sacrifice. 

Though thick runs the plot (as well as the spine), readers will race through
these pages, and leave Hogwarts, like Harry, wishing only for the next train
back.

~*~

IN ADDITION, the book gives more text of the opening lines:

The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy
silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive. ... The only
person left outside was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his
back...[fades out] 

End
Aren¹t we all just going‹Oh My God?!?!
Gina


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