HARRY POTTER
 and the Deathly Hallows

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Basic Info

Release Date: 21st July 2007 00:01 British Summer Time

Original Publishers: BLOOMSBURY (Worldwide*)
                                  SCHOLASTIC (United States of America)
                                  RAINCOAST (Canada)
                                  Allen and Unwin (Australia and New Zealand)
Originally, the above publishers have rights to sell the books in the respective countries, but the books have been reported to be available in all countries, if you know the sources!
Chapters 36 chapters and an epilogue

Pages 607(Bloomsbury, Raincoast, A&U)
           759(Scholastic)
Illustrators Jason Cockcroft,
Mary GrandPré
                                                                                                             

Dedication

Deathly Hallows carries a dedication, written in the shape of Harry's scar, to Neil, Jessica, David, Kenzie, Di, Anne, and the reader, and two epigraphs: Aeschylus's The Libation Bearers and William Penn's More Fruits of Solitude, on the themes of death and friendship. Deathly Hallows is the only book in the Harry Potter series to have an epigraph.

The PLOT (Spoilers)

The People Who Died (whom we know)

• Charity Burbage ( Muggle Studies Teacher, Hogwarts)
• Hedwig (The Snowy Owl)
• Mad-eye Moody (The Auror)

• Rufus Scrimgeour*The Minister of Magic)

• Gregorovitch (The Famous Wandmaker)
• Bathilda Bagshot (The Historian)
• Dirk Cresswell
• Ted Tonks ( Nymphadora Tonks's Father)
• Peter Pettigrew
• Dobby ( The House Elf)
• Vincent Crabbe ( Draco Malfoy's side kick)
• Remus Lupin
• Nymphadora Tonks
• Fred Weasley
• Peter Pettigrew
• Severus Snape
• Nagini (Voldemort's Snake)
• Colin Creevey\
• Bellatrix Lestrange
• Tom Marvolo Riddle

Leaving the Dursleys

As Harry Potter's protection at the Dursleys' home will expire when he turns 17, the Order of the Phoenix decides to separately escort Harry and the Dursleys to safety. Despite using Harry impostors as decoys, the real Harry is identified and attacked by Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Harry and the others narrowly escape to The Burrow, but Hedwig and Mad-Eye Moody are killed.

A few days later, the Minister for Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, arrives to give Harry, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger bequests from Albus Dumbledore's will: Ron is given Dumbledore's Deluminator, with the power to capture lights; Hermione receives a book of children's stories written in Ancient Runes; Harry inherits Godric Gryffindor's sword and the Snitch he caught in his first ever Quidditch match. The Ministry withholds the sword, claiming it was never Dumbledore's.

Search for the Horcruxes

During the wedding reception for Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour, Kingsley Shacklebolt's Patronus arrives announcing, "The Ministry has fallen. Scrimgeour is dead. They are coming." Death Eaters arrive at the wedding and Harry, Ron, and Hermione Apparate to a Muggle street and hide out in a cafe. Moments later, Death Eaters arrive and the trio narrowly escapes, wondering how they were found so quickly. They take refuge at the deserted Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place. While there, they discover that Black's brother, Regulus is the "R.A.B." who removed the locket Horcrux from the lake in the cave.[HP6] Learning that Dolores Umbridge now possesses it, they infiltrate the Ministry of Magic using Polyjuice Potion and recover the Horcrux. Unable to get rid of the locket and wanting to keep it safe, they take in turns wearing it and Harry notices each time the wearer has it, they become bitter, angry and unstable. No one is more affected than Ron, who later says that whenever he wore it, it made him "think stuff...it made everything worse."

After several months on the run, the trio overhears a conversation revealing that the Ministry secured the confiscated Gryffindor sword in Bellatrix Lestrange's Gringotts' vault. It was moved from Hogwarts after Ginny, along with several members of the D.A. broke into Snape's office to steal it. She, Neville and Luna were "punished, and cruelly." But the Ministry is unaware that this sword is a fake; the real sword's location is unknown. When Harry learns that Dumbledore eliminated a Horcrux with the real sword, he wants to search for it to destroy the remaining Horcruxes. Ron, who is wearing the locket at the time, loses his temper that his sister has been punished for helping Harry and his family continues to suffer tragedy. He becomes angry that Harry has no real plan for finding either and leaves. Harry and Hermione go to Godric's Hollow, hoping that Dumbledore hid the sword there. However, they are ambushed by Voldemort and his snake Nagini. During their escape, Hermione accidentally breaks Harry's wand.

One night, an unknown doe Patronus appears near their camp and leads Harry to Gryffindor's real sword. As Harry tries to retrieve the sword from an icy pond, the locket Horcrux tightens around his neck, strangling him. Ron, who suddenly returns, rescues Harry and destroys the Horcrux with the sword. Ron tells his friends that he sought refuge with Bill and Fleur because he could not bear the looks of disappointment from his family, namely Ginny. During his time in the Wizarding world, he learns that saying aloud Voldemort's name is jinxed; a "Taboo" has been created that will break magical enhancements and summon Death Eaters (or "Snatchers") immediately to the person who said the name.

The Deathly Hallows

The trio go to Xenophilius Lovegood, Luna Lovegood's father, and ask him about a symbol they have encountered several times. He tells them it represents the Deathly Hallows, three legendary objects that conquer death: the Elder Wand, Resurrection Stone, and Invisibility Cloak. Harry is convinced that his Invisibility Cloak is one of the hallows. Xenophilius betrays them to the Ministry in hopes of securing the release of Luna, whom the Death Eaters have taken hostage, but they escape.

"Snatchers" capture the trio after Harry accidentally utters Voldemort's name and activates the Taboo enchantment. They are imprisoned at Malfoy Manor, the new Death Eater headquarters. Finding the sword among the trio's possessions, Bellatrix Lestrange fears they have broken into her vault at Gringrotts. Dobby arrives to free the prisoners, but they are discovered by Peter Pettigrew. Pettigrew repays his life debt to Harry, and is murdered by his own silver hand. In the escape, Harry captures the wands of Bellatrix and Draco Malfoy, but Bellatrix kills Dobby. The trio break into Gringotts, with help from the goblin, Griphook, and retrieve the Cup Horcrux, but lose the sword. They escape on a dragon. Voldemort realises that the Horcruxes are being destroyed, and Harry's mental link to the Dark Lord reveals that one is hidden at Hogwarts.

The Battle of Hogwarts

Dumbledore's brother, Aberforth, helps the trio to enter Hogwarts. They alert the staff to Voldemort's impending arrival. Members of the Order of the Phoenix members arrive as Voldemort's forces attack Hogwarts; Fred Weasley is an early casualty. Harry learns that Ravenclaw's Diadem is a Horcrux and realises it is in the Room of Requirement. Meanwhile, Ron and Hermione enter the Chamber of Secrets and retrieve basilisk fangs, with which Hermione destroys Hufflepuff's Cup. In the Room of Requirement, the three are confronted by Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle. Crabbe mishandles a powerful spell, killing himself and inadvertently destroying the Diadem.

Harry has another vision and goes to the Shrieking Shack. He witnesses Voldemort ordering Nagini to kill Snape. Voldemort believes that Snape became the Elder Wand's master when he killed its former owner, Dumbledore, and that with Snape's death, the wand's allegiance becomes his. Before dying, Snape gives Harry his memories. Using the Pensieve, Harry sees that Snape was always loyal to Dumbledore, motivated by his lifelong love of Lily Evans, Harry's mother. Dumbledore, doomed to die after being cursed by Gaunt's ring, had instructed Snape to kill him, if necessary, to spare Draco the task. Snape sent the doe Patronus to lead Harry to Gryffindor's sword. Harry discovers that he himself is a Horcrux; Voldemort cannot be killed while Harry lives.

Accepting his fate, Harry goes alone to the Forbidden Forest where Voldemort awaits. Harry opens the snitch he received from Dumbledore and finds the Resurrection Stone within. He summons the spirits of James and Lily Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin (recently killed in battle along with his wife, Tonks) who comfort him. He willingly allows Voldemort to strike him with the Avada Kedavra curse. Harry wakes up to a place that reminds him of King's Cross Station, in which Albus Dumbledore appears and explains that, just as Voldemort cannot die while his soul fragment remains in Harry, Harry cannot die while his blood lives in Voldemort's body. Dumbledore also explains that the soul fragment within Harry has been destroyed by the curse. When Harry asks if it's real or in his head, Dumbledore replies that it is in his head, but there's no reason it couldn't still be real.

Harry revives back in the Forbidden Forest, but pretends to be dead. He is carried to Hogwarts as a trophy. As reinforcements charge in, Harry covers himself with the Invisibility Cloak while Neville pulls Gryffindor's sword from the Sorting Hat and beheads Nagini, destroying the final Horcrux. Molly Weasley confronts Bellatrix Lestrange. Harry confronts Voldemort, realising that when Draco Malfoy disarmed Dumbledore, Draco unknowingly became the Elder Wand's master. When Harry later took Draco's own wand, the Elder Wand's allegiance passed to Harry. Voldemort casts Avada Kedavra, but the Elder Wand protects its master and the spell rebounds, killing Voldemort.

Harry hopes to prevent anyone from uniting all three hallows again. He keeps the Invisibility Cloak, but he has left the Resurrection Stone in the Forbidden Forest and he plans to return the Elder Wand to Dumbledore's tomb. As long as Harry remains undefeated, the Elder Wand's power will die with him.

Epilogue

Nineteen years later, Harry and Ginny have three children: James, Albus Severus, and Lily. Ron and Hermione have two children named Rose and Hugo. The families are at King's Cross, where a nervous Albus Severus and Rose are departing for their first year at Hogwarts. James Potter is the oldest and already familiar with school. A 19 year-old Teddy Lupin is found kissing Victoire (presumably Bill and Fleur's daughter) in a train compartment. The children cry in delight that they hope he will marry their cousin and he will "really be part of the family!" Harry comments his godson visits the Potter home four times a week for dinner. They see Draco Malfoy and his unnamed wife with their son Scorpius at the station; Malfoy acknowledges Harry by giving him a curt nod, then turns away. Harry tells Albus Severus, who does not want to be sorted into Slytherin, that Severus Snape, his namesake, was probably the bravest man Harry ever met. Neville is now the Hogwarts Herbology professor and is close friends with Harry. Harry's scar has not hurt "in nineteen years. All was well."

Scholastic's Seven Questions answered

Question 1: Who will live? Who will die?

Character	Lives	Dies
Harry Potter
Lord Voldemort
Snape
Ginny
Ron
Hermione
Neville
Hagrid
Draco Malfoy
Someone Else/Other

Question 2: Is Snape Good or Evil?

• Good and Still a spy for the Order of the Phoenix
• Good but too deep will Voldemort
• Evil and has always been a spy for Voldemort
• Evil but only because Voldemort is back

Question 3: Will Hogwarts reopen?

• Yes
• Yes, but Harry, Ron and Hermione will not go back
• Not at all

Question 4: Who winds up with whom?

• Harry and Ginny
• Ron and Hermione
• Harry and Hermione
• Lupin and Tonks

Question 5: Where are the Horcruxes?

• Diagon Alley
• Hogsmeade
• Hogwarts
• Only with Death Eaters
• Godric's Hallow
• Ministry of Magic
• Azkaban
• St. Mungo's
• Among Muggles
• Elsewhere

Question 6: Will Voldemort be defeated?

• Yes and he will die
• Yes and he will live
• No way
• There will be truce

Question 5: What are the Deathly Hallows?

• We will find out right away
• We will find out in the middle
• We will find out in the end

Official Summaries on the Book jackets

BLOOMSBURY Edition

Inside Flap:
Harry has been burdened with a dark, dangerous and seemingly impossible task: that of locating and destroying Voldemort’s remaining Horcruxes. Never has Harry felt so alone, or faced a future so full of shadows. But Harry must somehow find within himself the strength to complete the task he has been given. He must leave the warmth, safety, and companionship of The Burrow and follow without fear or hesitation the inexorable path laid out for him.
In this final, seventh installment of the Harry Potter series, J.K. Rowling unveils in spectacular fashion the answers to the many questions that have been so eagerly awaited. The spellbinding, richly woven narrative, which plunges, twists and turns at a breathtaking pace, confirms the author as a mistress of storytelling, whose books will be read, reread and read again.
Back Cover:

Harry is waiting in Privet Drive. The Order of the Phoenix is coming to escort him safely away without Voldemort and his supporters knowing – if they can. But what will Harry do then? How can he fulfil the momentous and seemingly impossible task that Professor Dumbledore has left him with?
 

SCHOLASTIC Edition

Editions

Bloomsbury (Worldwide)

• ISBN 0747591059 Hardcover
• ISBN 1551929767 Hardcover (adult edition)

Raincoast (Canada, etc.)

• ISBN 1551929767 Hardcover
• ISBN 1551929783 Hardcover (adult edition)

Scholastic (United States and some unofficial places)

• ISBN 0545010225 Hardcover
• ISBN 0545029376 Deluxe Hardcover

Sales

On 21 July 2007, all English language editions, except for the American and Canadian editions, were released at one minute past midnight (00:01) BST; the American and Canadian editions were released at one minute past midnight (00:01), local time.It was released globally in 93 countries. The book reached the top spot on both the Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble best-seller lists just a few hours after the date of publication was announced on 1 February 2007.In July 2007 the U.K. newspaper the Daily Telegraph reported that it had been bought by more than 10% of the British population in the 5 days since its release.

Retailers such as Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, and Borders reported that more orders had been placed for this book than for any other in history, with Amazon.com stating that advance orders of the book reached 2.2 million worldwide, breaking the record set by the sixth book of 1.5 million.Scholastic announced an unprecedented initial print run of 12 million copies.

On the book's first day of sales, it sold 11 million copies in the UK and U.S., breaking the record of 9 million held by the sixth book. In the U.S., 8.3 million hardcovers were sold during the first 24 hours, breaking the record of 6.9 million set by the sixth book.In addition 400,000 copies were sold in Germany in the first 24 hours, all 250,000 copies made available in Holland and Belgium, and 170,000 in India, while in Canada over 800,000 copies were sold in the first two days.Barnes & Noble reported all-time record sales of 1.8 million copies in the first two days, including 560,000 in the first hour - a rate of more than 150 copies per second. The audiobook broke records as well, with 225,000 copies sold in the first two days, according to Random House Audio's Listening Library.On 23 July 2007, the Associated Press reported that worldwide sales were at 72.1 million copies, though this is still unconfirmed.

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