Progress Book # 23.14 of 100
In anticipation of a trip we are going to take I decided to
read the Harry Potter Series next from our book list. This will be the 3rd time I’ve
read the series, most recently just a few years ago for the final film. I am a big fan of this series and the films. I was introduced to them back in college as a
part of the Project Literacy team at UCLA.
When my friend Keeka told me about this volunteer project she was a
leader of it seemed like a great thing to join.
The mission was to get kids more interested in reading. Once a week we would head over to the Mar
Vista housing projects and tutor and try and get younger kids into reading. I was assigned to Angel and together we
decided he might be interested in magic books.
Thus began Harry Potter. With
only a little time each week to read, we didn’t get through much of the first
book, but as soon as I started the book I was obsessed and went through the
series fast. At that time I think there
were only 4 books out. When we graduated
two years later I gave Angel all the books that were written at the time. I wonder if he ever read them all.
This is a coming of age story of an orphan named Harry
Potter. The first book sets everything
up. We learn about Harry and are
introduced to the magical world. The
world includes flying, mail delivering owls and chocolate that helps cure illness. It’s a fun enchanting world. In this novel Harry along with his two best
friends Ron and Hermione discover that Voldemort has returned and is doing
everything to try and regain his strength and support to finish his conquest of
supreme power. This is the set up of the
whole series as Harry who shares a special bond with Voldemort will be pitted
against him as good vs. evil.
I enjoyed this book again, while it’s not my favorite of the
series, I’ll still give it an A 93%
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