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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (/ ˈ h ɒ ɡ w ɔːr t s /) is a fictional boarding school of magic for young wizards. It is the primary setting for the first six novels in the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, and also serves as a major setting in the Wizarding World media franchise.
Hogwarts Legacy became the bestselling game of 2023 in the United States, breaking a 14-year games industry streak of either a Call of Duty or a Rockstar Games release holding the top position. [ 178 ] [ 179 ] It was the second-bestselling game in Europe of 2023.
The Elephant House was one of the cafés in Edinburgh where Rowling wrote the first part of Harry Potter.. The series follows the life of a boy named Harry Potter.In the first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the US), Harry lives in a cupboard under the stairs in the house of the Dursleys, his aunt, uncle and cousin, who all treat him poorly.
J.K. Rowling has released her follow up on American Hogwarts, this time detailing how Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry was founded!
[14] [20] A year later, the US edition was selected as an American Library Association Notable Book, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998 and a New York Public Library 1998 Best Book of the Year and won Parenting Magazine 's Book of the Year Award for 1998, [21] the School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and the American Library ...
“Hogwarts Legacy” crossed 22 million copies sold by the end of 2023, with approximately 2 million of those units selling during the December holiday season, according to Warner Bros. Games.
David Saylor, Creative Director at Scholastic, tells PEOPLE the visuals of the Harry Potter universe began with the illustrations of Mary GrandPré. "Way back in 1997, when Mary first sketched out ...
The first film in the Wizarding World was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), which was followed by seven Harry Potter sequels, beginning with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002 and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 in 2011, nearly ten years after the first film's release.