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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

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Harry Potter · Series ↗Year Six at Hogwarts · Series ↗
Original publication
2005
Selected edition
hardcover
Pages in this edition
652
English editions
59 ↗
SELECTED EDITION DETAILS

2005-07 · Arthur A. Levine Books: An Imprint of Scholastic Press · eng

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The war against Voldemort is not going well: even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of The Daily Prophet looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses.

And yet …

As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate, and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasley twins expand their business. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never straightforward, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince.

So it's the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of the story of Harry Potter. Here at Hogwart's , Harry will search for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort - and thereby find what may be his only vulnerability.

--front flap

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Catalogued editions of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
EditionPublicationFormatPagesSource
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceSelected2005-07hardcover652Open Library ↗
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceAug 24, 2006paperback768Open Library ↗
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2013-09paperback652Open Library ↗
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2006-09paperback652Open Library ↗
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceSeptember 1, 2014paperback542Open Library ↗
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeby J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré.2005-07hardcover652Open Library ↗
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2005-07hardcover652Open Library ↗
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2006paperback768Open Library ↗
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2005hardcover831Open Library ↗
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceJ. K. Rowling2005hardcover607Open Library ↗
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeby J. K. Rowling.2005hardcover652Open Library ↗
Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince2015paperback652Open Library ↗
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  • Harry Potter
  • Harry Potter (6)
  • Harry Potter 6
  • Harry Potter, #6
  • Harry Potter, Book 6
  • Year Six at Hogwarts