OOP: What's different

[Mimi Barker]

No: HPFGUIDX 64252

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mandy" <ravenclawmandy at y...> 
wrote:
> Another question i have also is if Luna has been at hogwarts since 
> Ginny has been there why haven't we heard about her before? Nothing 
> (as far as i have found) has mentioned her in the last four books 
but 
> she played a rather large role in the unveiling of this story. I 
> wonder why she was never mentioned.

Her family is mentioned in the beginning of GoF, when they are at the 
Portkey to go to the Quidditch World Cup and Mr. Diggory says that 
the Lovegoods have been there for a week, so they don't need to wait 
for them. So apparently Luna's family lives somewhere near the 
Weasley's, "near" being a relative term.

As to why we haven't seen Luna before, the books are written from 
Harry's perspective. He missed the sorting for Ginny and Luna's year, 
so he wouldn't have seen Luna then. She's in Ravenclaw, and the only 
students he knows from other houses are those in his same year that 
he has classes with, those who play Quidditch, or otherwise are known 
to the school at large for some reason. Ginny would have classes with 
Luna, so it makes sense that she knows her, but Harry hasn't had any 
reason before this to cross paths with her and remember her.

Mimi