LCE 6th grade Electronic Book Review

1. Student Reviewer’s Name: Julian L
2. Date of review of book: June 14, 2007
3. Complete Book Title: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
4. Author of Book: J. K. Rowling
5. Year the book was published: 2005
6. Genre: Fantasy
7. Student rating of the book (1 the highest, 5 the lowest): definitely a 1

8. Main conflict in the book: The main conflict in the book is when Harry Potter (main character) has to watch Albus Dumbledor (secondary character and headmaster of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry) be killed by the mysterious Serverous Snape (secondary character also known as Professor Snape)

9. Setting of the book: This book takes place in mythical part of Europe during present day time

10. Main Characters and part they play in the book:
(1) Harry Potter plays the main character in the book. He plays the character of a sixteen year old boy who through the series overcomes many obstacles, handles school and ultimately has to destroy the mass murderer and evil wizard Lord Voldemort.
(2) Professor Dumbledore is the secondary character in the book. He is the headmaster of Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, a great hero, and in the end sacrifices himself for Harry.

11. Are the characters believable and interesting? The characters are believable and interesting. Rowling does a great job at using a lot of descriptive words and emotions to make the characters come to life

12. One excellent direct quotation from the book: “You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!” (Chapter 23, page 511)

13. Good reasons to read the book: The good reasons to read this book are the facts that it is a book that involves a lot of mystery and deceit with a nice dose of fantasy and excitement.
14. Any reasons not to read the book? There are no reasons not to read this book; it is so great.

15. Did you like this book or not? This is my favorite book in the whole wide world! It’s the kind of book you just don’t want to stop reading, the kind of book that you stay up reading till three o’ clock. I highly recommend it.