The end of the wand

Books | J.K. Rowling says goodbye to Harry Potter with echoes of Tolkien, Lewis, and Star Wars | Susan Olasky

“BILLIONAIRE BOOKWORM”: Rowling sits with children for the release of her final Potter book at London’s Natural History Museum.

With the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J.K. Rowling concluded her seven-book series that set publishing records, made her one of the richest people in the world (number 891 on the Forbes 2007 billionaires list), and made millions of children avid readers.

Also at an end is speculation about what kind of world Rowling had wrought. Early in the series WORLD reviewers expressed interest in but concern about an author making her hero a juvenile sorcerer and teaching children to imagine themselves practicing sorcery. We also wondered about Christian parents uncritically embracing the series without knowing how it would end: "The Harry Potter series forms a ship that children are climbing aboard, with the destination known only to a captain who has a very different worldview."

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August 04, 2007, Vol. 22, No. 28

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