Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

• It is the 7th volume of the novel.

• It is the latest and of course, the last novel of the Harry Potter series.

• The final sequel was released on 21 July 2007.

• People eagerly waited for the release of 7th edition. The eagerness has influenced some of cyber criminal to leak the book online shortly before the official release of the book.

• The book was released in 93 countries simultaneously.

• It broke all the previous records in book selling.

• It is the fastest selling book in the history of humanity.

• Just within 24 hours after its release, it sold 15 million copies.

• In the United States of America and United Kingdom itself, there were more than 11 million copies.

• The previous record, 9 million in its first day, had been held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The novel has also been translated into over 120 languages, including Ukrainian, Swedish, and Hindi.

The story of the novel rotates around two important key points namely “life” and “death”. The book was named as "the Best Book for Young Adults" by the American Library Association. A film was made based on the story of the novel. The movie has two parts and the first part was released in November, 2010. The second part of the movie was released on 15th July, 2011.

Harry Potter

• J.K.Rowling, an eminent British novelist, penned down the novel.

• The novel was a series of 7 volumes.

• The series started in 1997.

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was the first of the sequel.

Written by: S.Chandrashekara Reddy.