Fantasy · Children's
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
As the wizarding world slides toward open war, Harry takes private lessons with the headmaster to learn about the enemy's past. A battered old potions textbook and a suspicion about a rival add to a year of growing up and growing worry.
- First published
- 2005
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a book that mixes teenage crushes with a deepening mystery about a villain's origins.
Skip this if you haven't read the earlier books, since this makes sense only as part of the whole.
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