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I am uncertain what is understood here as Young Adult literature. A young adult is not a 13 yr old and this misnomer (cheerfully perpetuated by the publishing industry) skews the view of what is Young Adult writing. A young adult is possibly 16+ yrs old, and what I consider a Young Adult read...

Of course Dumbledore knew he was going to be killed - he had discussed this possibility with Snape earlier in the year; he already knew about the horcruxes (he had destroyed one of them in the previous summer hols quite intentionally). Dumbledore is never less than informed as to what is really...

Well, I think what Harry thinks about Snape has been misleading us all through the books (except that he is truly a nasty piece of work as a teacher), and the reader is also being misled by trusting the vindication of all Harry's suspicions about him. Snape certainly didn't kill Prof Flitwick...

Well put! Harry is always handed the answer on a plate (as well as a handy sword/flying hippogriff etc). JKR has said she is not introducing any new characters (other than minor ones maybe). RAB is already in the books.

But as I mentioned above, the 7th of July was the date of the London Bombings last year and will be commemorated as such for some years to come. I can't imagine JKR deciding her book release would be on such a date.

Lynley Dodd's books are great, and most Mick Butterworth/Mick Inkpen books; lots of nursery rhymes. Also look for books which have won awards for the Under-Fives, or Kate Greenaway awards for illustration as that is very important for this age-group.

As far as I'm aware, JKR has already admitted that RAB is Regulus - there was so much fan speculation over it that in the early autumn she let her readers know that they had got that much right. I'll see if I can hunt out the interview or whatever. ..... The following is a quote from the...

A popular theory is that Harry's scar, rather than Harry-the-whole-boy, is the last horcrux. Of course destroying his own scar basically means killing himself, all the same, and would be a pretty satisfactory end to the book, in order to bring about V's demise. And we know the last word of the...

Well, not everyone lives near a town that is holding a Launch Party. Personally, I think the release date will be summer 07 or 08. Summer 07 would be the tenth anniversary of the first book being published. Some people suggested 07/07/07 until they realised that this would be the anniversary...

I think part of the school year will take place in Hogwarts and Book 7 will bring Harry and Voldemort there. Dumbledore told us in Book 6 that Hogwarts was the only place in which Voldemort felt at home and happy and it also has the importance significance of probably holding one of the last...

Snape is not an animagus. JKR has told us that she cannot tell us what form his patronus takes because that would give away info she's keeping until Book 7. But he is not a shape-shifter as McGonagall and Lupin are (in their various ways).

I know someone with the surname Rickards. Why?

It is a story rather than a nursery rhyme. And there is only the one version - where he gets eaten bit by bit by the fox as they're crossing the river.

To which side? The Death-Eaters used F&G's Instant Darkness to gain access to Hogwarts.

Whilst Fred and George do provide a lot of the humour for the series (along with laughing at the Dursley's and Neville and Luna, and anyone who is not a jolly decent Gryffindor), they are also two of the most insidious bullies in the series, who get away with the sort of behaviour that wouldn't...

Yes, I have, and it doesn't seem convincing. At the very most it suggests that Dumbledore and Snape had arranged what to do when Draco tried to fulfill his duty, and that Snape is a double-double agent - which is what a lot of people think anyway. Just why the killing curse sent him flying over...

Although Dumbledore hurtling off the tower because of Snape's attack doesn't seem plausible when other killing curses don't have this effect, I do believe DD is dead. To suggest otherwise is to remove the whole purpose of Draco's task and Snape's awful duty. On the tower, DD is already...

That was one of the many fan theories shot down by JKR in an interview - others including that James had survived and was actually Lupin; Snape was a vampire; Mark Evans had some crucial significance; Ron=Dumbledore (actually rather a good theory in some ways); the Knight2King theory (also...

If you mean the door with the Do Not Disturb sign on it (accessed via the hair band on the desk), then it won't open while it has the sign on it. When JKR wants to reveal something, the sign will not be there and there will be some sort of game to play to unlock the door, or the door will open...

I thought it was overhyped, over-written (but poorly) and tedious in the extreme. The plot was paper-thin and no advance on any other interpretation of the myth, and quite honestly, rather laughable by the end. Yes, we got to understand something of the immense background research the author had...