Ron's younger sister, Ginny Weasley, enrolls in her first year at Hogwarts, and finds an old notebook in her belongings which turns out to be the diary of a previous student, Tom Marvolo Riddle, later revealed to be Voldemort's younger self, who is bent on ridding the school of "mudbloods", a derogatory term describing wizards and witches of non-magical parentage. As its inadvertent saviour from Voldemort's reign of terror, Harry has become a living legend in the wizarding world. [126] In November 2019, the BBC listed the Harry Potter series on its list of the 100 most influential novels. And keep the powers a secret, but at the same time..." The King said as he looked to his oldest daughter. [176] After many directors including Steven Spielberg, Terry Gilliam, Jonathan Demme, and Alan Parker were considered, Chris Columbus was appointed on 28 March 2000 as the director for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (titled "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" in the United States), with Warner Bros. citing his work on other family films such as Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire and proven experience with directing children as influences for their decision.[177]. What day of the week does the story start? It will take a little time until Harry Potter and the others come into play with the story, but they will be a big part of it. [8] The wizarding world exists parallel to the Muggle world, albeit hidden and in secrecy. The trouble is that one Harry Potter novel every few years is not enough to reverse the decline in reading. I don't know how that is the case, but if what I have read from the protected histories is at all slightly correct. If it meant she would still get to be with her sister as well, then there wasn't much chance she wouldn't go through with this plan. She feared her mother was saying it was best Anna never knew her after tonight. Potter family - JAMES POTTER, LILY POTTER and their son HARRY POTTER. She hadn't really put much thought into where her powers came from really. They open with the death of Harry's parents. [109] This record statistic was broken by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, with 8.5 million, which was then shattered by Half-Blood Prince with 10.8 million copies. "Our bloodline's powers, however, are an exception along with those who awaken them. Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic is a play which is a spin-off from the Harry Potter franchise. On publication, the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, attracted attention from the Scottish newspapers, such as The Scotsman, which said it had "all the makings of a classic,"[128] and The Glasgow Herald, which called it "Magic stuff". [87][88], Fans of the series were so eager for the latest instalment that bookstores around the world began holding events to coincide with the midnight release of the books, beginning with the 2000 publication of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This led to more and more copies of the English editions being sold to impatient fans in non-English speaking countries; for example, such was the clamour to read the fifth book that its English language edition became the first English-language book ever to top the best-seller list in France. BLACK, falling from the sky to land on the road in front of DUMBLEDORE and