Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling; Illustrated by Mary GrandPre
	List Price:   $12.99 Unit Price:   $10.39 You Save:   $2.60 (20%) ISBN-10:   0439785960 ISBN-13:   9780439785969 Publisher:   Scholastic Inc; Scholastic Paperbacks Edition:   Reprint, illustrated Category:   Young Adults Pub. Date:   September 2006 Pages:   672 Format:   Paperback
Description/Notes
Sixth-year Hogwarts student Harry Potter gains valuable insights into the boy Voldemort once was, even as his own world is transformed by maturing friendships, schoolwork assistance from an unexpected source, and devastating losses. The war against Voldemort is not going well; even the Muggles have been affected. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet . . . As with all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Harry receives some extraordinary help in Potions from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince. And with Dumbledore's guidance, he seeks out the full, complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort -- and thus finds what may be his only vulnerability.