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Harry Potter returns to his sixth year at Hogwarts in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book in J. K. Rowling’s bestselling fantasy fiction series. Summary of the Book It is a dark time for the Wizarding World. The Dark Lord is back, and his loyal Death Eaters are unleashing their chaos on the world. The Ministry of Magic is having a hard time maintaining order as people continue to vanish often. Harry Potter is still at his uncle’s house. He waits for some word from his friends, but receives little information. He hangs on to a promise made by Professor Albus Dumbledore that he will come to take Harry with him. However, Harry still remembers how Dumbledore avoided him throughout the previous year. He still doesn’t know how to react to the information Dumbledore divulged, mere weeks earlier, and how to begin fighting He Who Must Not Be Named. He doesn’t have much time to plan, for once he is back at Hogwarts he realizes that things have changed. Forever short of staff, Dumbledore has convinced his old friend Horace Slughorn to return to Hogwarts. However, there is another change of staff that will affect things in a most unexpected way. About J. K. Rowling Joanne “J. K.” Rowling is a British novelist. She is best recognized for her Harry Potter series of children’s fantasy novels. She has also written two detective novels under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith. The Harry Potter books have been adapted into a hit blockbuster film series of 8 parts starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson. Series Reading Order Gryffindors! This is the sixth book of the Harry Potter series. If you’ve not caught up to this story, then go read the earlier parts in the following order: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The story concludes in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.