Author: J. K. Rowling
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 08/01/2005
Pages: 672
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 1.90d
ISBN: 9780439784542
Audience: Ages 9-12
Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 7.2
Point Value: 29
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 89154 / Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Award: Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended
Award: Quill Awards - Winner
Award: Quill Awards - Winner
Award: Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Winner
Award: Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee
Review Citation(s): Time 07/25/2005 pg. 62
Entertainment Weekly 07/29/2005 pg. 72
Publishers Weekly 07/25/2005 pg. 77
Booklist 08/01/2005 pg. 1948
Kliatt 09/01/2005 pg. 14
School Library Journal 09/01/2005 pg. 212
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2005 pg. 114 - Recommended
Books & Culture 11/01/2005 pg. 22
Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2005 pg. 328 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Entertainment Weekly 12/30/2005 pg. 151
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2006 pg. 13
ALA Best Books Young Adults 03/01/2006 pg. 8
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2006 pg. 83 - Superior,Well Above Average
Entertainment Weekly 08/22/2008 pg. 38
About the Author
J.K. ROWLING is the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which were first published between 1997 and 2007. The enduringly popular adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. Alongside the Harry Potter series, she also wrote three short companion volumes -- Quidditch Through the Ages, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard -- which were published in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos. In 2016, J.K. Rowling resumed Harry's story in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which she wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, and which is now in theaters across the world. In the same year, she wrote the screenplay for the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first in a series featuring magizoologist Newt Scamander. She is also the author of a stand-alone novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, and, under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, writes the Strike detective series. In 2020, J.K. Rowling returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, the royalties from which she is donating to groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. She lives in Scotland with her family, and is at her happiest alone in a room, making things up.
