Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

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Label

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Statement of responsibility

by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré

Creator

• trueRowling, J. K.
• Rowling, J. K

Contributor

• GrandPré, Mary
• trueGrandPre, Mary

Author

• Rowling, J. K

Illustrator

• GrandPré, Mary

Subject

• Fiction
• Magic -- Juvenile fiction
• trueMagic -- Study and teaching
• trueMemories
• Novels
• Novels
• Potter, Harry (Fictional character) -- Fiction
• truePotter, Harry (Fictitious character)
• Potter, Harry, (Fictitious character)
• Potter, Harry, (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
• School stories
• Schools
• Schools -- Fiction
• trueSchools -- Great Britain
• Schools -- Juvenile fiction
• trueSelf-awareness
• trueSelf-fulfillment
• trueTeenage boy orphans
• trueTeenage boy/girl relations
• trueTeenage romance
• trueTeenage wizards
• trueTeenagers -- England
• trueVillains
• Weasley, Ron, (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueWitches
• trueWizards
• Wizards
• Wizards -- Fiction
• Wizards -- Fiction
• Wizards -- Juvenile fiction
• Young adult fiction
• Young adult fiction
• Young adult fiction, English
• Young adult works
• trueBoarding schools
• trueBooks to movies
• trueClassics
• England
• trueEngland
• England -- Fiction
• England -- Fiction
• England -- Juvenile fiction
• Fantasy
• Fantasy fiction
• trueFantasy fiction
• Fantasy fiction
• Fantasy fiction
• trueGood and evil
• Granger, Hermione, (Fictitious character)
• Granger, Hermione, (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction
• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization)
• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization) -- Fiction
• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (Imaginary organization) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueIndependence (Personal quality)
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Family | Orphans & Foster Homes
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Fantasy & Magic
• JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Themes | Friendship
• Juvenile works
• Magic
• Magic -- Fiction
• Magic -- Fiction

Genre

• Juvenile works
• Novels
• Young adult works
• Young adult fiction
• Young adult fiction, English
• trueBooks to movies
• trueClassics
• trueFantasy fiction
• Fiction
• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Sixth-year Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses

Member of

• trueHarry Potter (Original series)
• Harry Potter series, 06

Theme

• trueChosen one
• trueDark lord
• trueHidden among us
• trueAcademies of magic

Storyline

• trueWorld-building
• truePlot-driven

Pace

• trueFast-paced

Tone

• trueSuspenseful

Writing style

• trueCompelling

Character

• trueWell-developed
• trueCourageous

Award

• Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2005
• Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY), Older Reader, 2006.
• British Book Award for Book of the Year, 2006.
• Colorado Blue Spruce YA Book Award, 2008.
• Golden Archer Awards (Wisconsin): Middle/Jr. High, 2008.
• Mythopoeic Award for Children's Literature, 2008.
• New York Times Notable Book, 2005
• New York Times Notable Children's Book, 2005
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2006

Awards note

American Library Association Young Adult Library Services Association--YALSA--Best Books for Young Adults (2006).

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

[Fic]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

920

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

• Grades 5-8
• 6-8

LC call number

• PZ7.R79835
• PR6068.O93

LC item number

• Har 2005
• H348 2005

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile

920

Literary form

novels

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 5
• 12

NLM call number

Row

PerformerNote

Illustrated by Mary Grandpre

Reading level

• 7.2
• 7.2
• 6.5

Series statement

Harry Potter Series

Series volume

6

Study program name

• AR
• Accelerated Reader
• Reading Counts

Target audience

juvenile