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Why is Harry Potter so successful?

Posted by: Kristin

July 03, 2003, 10:14 PM

Matt Berman, Children's book columnist for the Times-Picayune, writes:
Many have commented since then (and I'd agree) that the Harry Potter books are not the greatest children's books ever written, not even the greatest fantasies ever written. So why are they the most successful?

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