Half-Blood Prince

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Title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Author: J.K. Rowling

Release Date: July 16, 2005

Number of Chapters: 30

Number of Pages: 608

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Cover Art: Jason Cockcroft

Blurb: It is the middle of the summer, but there is an unseasonal mist pressing against the windowpanes. Harry Potter is waiting nervously in his bedroom at the Dursley's house in Privet Drive for a visit from Professor Dumbledore himself. One of the last times he saw the Headmaster was in a fierce one-to-one duel with Lord Voldermort, and Harry can't quite believe that Professor Dumbledore will actually appear at the Dursley's of all places. Why is the Professor coming to visit him now? What is it that cannot wait until Harry returns to Hogwarts in a few weeks' time? Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts has already got off to an unusual start, as the worlds of Muggle and magic start to intertwine...

Mistakes

On page 135 (American version) Harry Potter says "If Malfoy wants something fixing...it's probably something Dark or dangerous, isn't it?" Some believe that this is an American-English error and the word "fixing" should actually be "fixed."

On page 10 (American version) it states "The site, therefore, of Fudge stepping out of the fire once more..." The word "site" should actually be "sight." In the third chapter the first paragraph states "The misty fug breath had left on the window sparkled in the orange glare of the streetlamp outside." The word "fug" should actually be "fog."

On page 47 (American version) it states "Dudley had that moment peered round the living room door." Some believe that there should be an "at" before the words "that moment."