Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

J.K Rowling

Paperback | 672 pages | Publication Date: September 1, 2006
Scholastic Paperbacks

As the Harry Potter series draws to a close, Harry's greatest adventure yet is just beginning . . .

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. ice.