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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)

J.K. Rowling,

Mary GrandPré (Illustrator)

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Jan 20, 2018 Melanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kids, british, magic

This one is so heavy and so sad and so angry - a very teenage sort of book, with Harry behaving exactly like my 15 year old son in his worse moods. I miss the more carefree and fun days of the first books, where magic and friendship far outweigh any danger and misery, but I think that’s what makes this one so powerful. You are watching them all grow up and just like in real life, it starts to get harder and sometimes more dangerous, and it’s tough to be powerless as people you’ve come to care ab ...more

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Feb 24, 2019 Denise Cormaney rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books

I listened to this because I love love love the podcast Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, and they are covering this book this season. The narration is fantastic!

It also turns out to be scarily appropriate for these dark times. We face real threats to our democracy and our planet while our leaders shout “fake news!” Young people forming an organized resistance to fight back because the adults and the systems they’ve built are failing to do their jobs. It’s all here! I think JK Rowling is some ki ...more

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