Harry Potter Has Cast a Spell Over My Family

My family loves to read and watch the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling.  The books are about a boy whose parents are dead.  When he was a baby, the darkest wizard of all time tried to kill him with a killing curse, but Harry became the “boy who lived”.  The series is about how Harry grows to become a great wizard at Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

It is the only book my whole family likes.  We read the books, listen to them on CDs and watch the movies.  We listen to the Harry Potter series when we are in the car.  I listen to Harry Potter every night – in fact, I cannot sleep without hearing Jim Dale’s dramatic reading.

Today I read an article about Harry Potter called, “The Fans Own the Magic” in the Sunday New York Times.  The article talks about how the fans sometimes battle with Warner Brothers studio, which owns the rights to the Harry Potter movies.  The studio wants to control everything so they get all of the money.  The fans think they should be able to make websites of their own.  There was even a fanwar known as the “Potter Wars” in 2001, a month before the first movie came out.  The Potter Wars were when Warner Brothers banned Harry Potter fan sites.  In the aftermath of the ban, fans boycotted Harry Potter merchandise.  The article concludes that parents can enjoy the series from their view, while their kids can enjoy it from their view.

Do you like the Harry Potter books?