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Title: The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter

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Paperback, 2004

Synopsis
An alphabetical guide to all things associated with the first four books in the Harry Potter series. Readers will be able to check such facts as the identity of the real Nicholas Flamel and how the Sorcerer's Stone got its power. Also discussed are the stories from folklore, history, and mythology that helped inspire J.K. Rowling's amazingly popular series of books. Explores the true history, folklore, and mythology behind the magical practices, creatures, and personalities that appear in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.

Details
Language:        English
Reading Level:  Grades 4 to 6

Size
Length:        286 Pages
Weight:        1.2 Pounds
Height:         9.3 Inches
Width:          7 Inches
Thickness:    1 Inches


Publisher Notes
Who was the real Nicholas Flamel? How did the Sorcerer’s Stone get its power? Did J. K. Rowling dream up the terrifying basilisk, the seductive veela, or the vicious grindylow? And if she didn’t, who did?

Millions of readers around the world have been enchanted by the magical world of wizardry, spells, and mythical beasts inhabited by Harry Potter and his friends. But what most readers don’t know is that there is a centuries-old trove of true history, folklore, and mythology behind Harry’s fantastic universe. Now, with The Sorcerer’s Companion, those without access to the Hogwarts library can school themselves in the fascinating reality behind J.K. Rowling’s world of magic.

The Sorcerer’s Companion allows curious readers to look up anything magical from the Harry Potter books and discover a wealth of entertaining, unexpected information. Wands and wizards, boggarts and broomsticks, hippogriffs and herbology, all have astonishing histories rooted in legend, literature, or real-life events dating back hundreds or even thousands of years. Magic wands, like those sold in Rowling’s Diagon Alley, were once fashioned by Druid sorcerers out of their sacred yew trees. Love potions were first concocted in ancient Greece and Egypt. And books of spells and curses were highly popular during the Middle Ages. From Amulets to Zombies, you’ll also learn:

• how to read tea leaves
• where to find a basilisk today
• how King Frederick II of Denmark financed a war with a unicorn horn
• who the real Merlin was
• how to safely harvest mandrake root
• who wore the first invisibility cloak
• how to get rid of a goblin
• why owls were feared in the ancient world
• the origins of our modern-day “bogeyman,” and more.

A spellbinding tour of Harry’s captivating world, The Sorcerer’s Companion is a must for every Potter aficionado’s bookshelf.

The Sorcerer's Companion has not been prepared, approved, or licensed by any person or entity that created, published, or produced the Harry Potter books or related properties.

Book Details Summary: The title of this book is The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter and it was written by Allan Zola Kronzek, Elizabeth Kronzek. This edition of The Sorcerer's Companion: A Guide to the Magical World of Harry Potter is in a Paperback format. This books publish date is September 2001 and it has a suggested retail price of $15.95. There are 286 pages in the book and it was published by Bantam Dell Pub Group. The 10 digit ISBN is 0767908473 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780767908474. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.