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Internet measurement company Hitwise claims that traffic to http://www.amazon.co.uk has increased by 49% in just under three weeks while the online book retailing sector has seen similar growth of 40%. Traffic has also increased to the official Harry Potter web site at http://www.harrypotter.com by over 70%. Kern, an associate professor of history at Lawrence University, has written this for adults as well as YAs. His thesis is that Rowling''s novels present an "updated Stoic moral system whose primary virtue is old-fashioned constancy--resolution in the face of adversity." Kern''s five chapters are: "Imaginatively Updating and Old-Fashioned Virtue"; "Plot Threads and Moral Fibers"; "Harry Potter''s Morality on Display"; "Greed, Conventionality, Demonic Threat"; and "Imagination, History, Legend, and Myth." An afterword deals with Rowling''s latest book, The Order of the Phoenix, which was published just as Kern''s was going to press.
Harry Potter and his fans, young and old, learn many lessons. In The Sorcerer''s Stone they learn that everyone''s fate is death, an obvious fact but a tough one for young readers and for Voldemort, who refuses to die. The Chamber of Secrets tackles prejudice, bigotry, and identity. Truth telling, submission to authority, and following the rules are not always the moral things to do in The Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry''s moral abilities are more important than magical ones in The Goblet of Fire, as he struggles to resist evil. The Order of the Phoenix seems to portray a totally different boy, one who usually fails to subordinate his emotions to reason. "Bullying, impulsive, angst-ridden, perpetually angry with his friends and mentors, and sick and tired of their keeping him in the dark, Harry does anything but live up to the Stoic ideals so prominent in the first four books." Just like a teen. But it shows Harry''s greatest weakness and greatest strength--love, the source of his power.
An ALA Booklist Editors'' Choice, this is an amazing collection of facts on a wide variety of subjects that explains how magic really works. Roger Highfield, science editor of The Daily Telegraph, contacted more than 100 scientists from around the world, then divided the resulting information into two parts--the "how to" issues and the origins of magical thinking. Part One covers such topics as time travel, antigravity, magnets and levitating frogs, wormholes, teleportation, hallucinogens, invisibility, clothes that clean themselves, game theory, the world of owls, and how to make giants like Hagrid. Part Two begins with the history of magic and deals with the tragic state of the Muggle mind, confused by fossils, superstitions, delusions, illusions, and hallucinations. Wizards and witches of history and the talents of stage magicians are exposed. Potions ancient and modern help Muggles. And Albus Dumbledore may be modeled on John Dee, the occultist and adviser to Queen Elizabeth I. The book contains references, a glossary worth reading, and an index. The science is daunting and detailed, appropriate for savvy older teens and adults. Janet Julian, Grafton, MA Online retailer Amazon.co.uk has reported an increase in the volume of traffic visiting its web site due to the release of the latest Harry Potter book.
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