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The J.K. Rowling books about a young wizard
Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's struggle against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard who intends to become immortal, overthrow the wizard governing body known as the Ministry of Magic and subjugate all wizards and Muggles (non-magical people).

Articles

Eichmann in Hogwarts: Harry Potter and the banality of evil, by Julian Sanchez, Reason, Nov 2003
Harry Potter: The new Atlas Shrugged?, by Eryk Boston, Libertarian Party News, Sep 2003
How Bad Government Gets Worse: A review of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , by Francis A. Ney, Jr., The Libertarian Enterprise, 13 Jul 2003
Justice, Not Magic, Returns Harry Potter Series to Library Bookshelves, by Center for Individual Freedom, CFIF.org, 24 Apr 2003
News update on a lawsuit against an Arkansas School Board that restricted access to Harry Potter books, with link to previous news item
With the wave of a gavel and not a magic wand, Chief Judge Jimm Larry Hendren of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas granted a family's request to remove access restrictions and place the Harry Potter series back on library bookshelves available to readers of all ages ... The lawsuit was brought ... after the Cedarville School Board decided that young readers who wanted to delve into the fictional world of Harry Potter's magic needed to get their parents' permission ... In Harry Potter-speak, it's a well-deserved Muzzle for an anti-free speech group of Muggles.
Related Topic: Liberty of Expression
SIDEBAR: The Harry Potter Fact File, Libertarian Party News, Sep 2003

Books

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    by J. K. Rowling, 1998
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    by J. K. Rowling, 2007
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    by J. K. Rowling, 2000
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    by J. K. Rowling, 2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    by J. K. Rowling, 2003
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    by J. K. Rowling, 1999
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    by J. K. Rowling, 1997

Films

Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets, 2002
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2001

The introductory paragraph uses material from the Wikipedia article "Harry Potter" as of 5 Oct 2018, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.