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10-18-2007, 10:14 PM
| | |  J.K. casts a spell on New Orleans
J.K. Rowling read from and signed “specially-stickered” copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for 1,600 students from the Orleans Parish today in Louisiana. Rowling read a passage from the book in which she mimicked the voices of Aunt Petunia and Dedalus Diggle, as Harry said goodbye to the Dursleys for the final time.
After the reading, Rowling answered prescreened questions from 12 of the children. Quote:
The question topics ranged from the personal -- her childhood experiences, the first piece of literature that inspired her ("The Wind in the Willows," by Kenneth Grahame, read to Rowling (by her father) when she was 4 and suffering from the measles) -- to the political.
"I very consciously wanted to show what is one of the great evils of war, which is that totally innocent people are slaughtered," Rowling told the children. "Another great evil of war is that children lose their families."
"Do you believe that good always overcomes evil?" asked Naresha Dumas of Warren Easton High School.
"That depends on what you mean by 'overcomes,' " Rowling said, referring to Harry Potter's battle against the evil Lord Voldemort. "But as long as people are prepared to keep fighting ... it's amazing how small acts of kindness can add up, just living in a moral way, treating other people kindly."
Oh, and in case you were wondering whatever became of Cho Chang … Quote:
"Cho married a Muggle."
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Dwayne Lockett, of Alice Harte Elementary, asked what advice Rowling could give students who wanted to write, especially if their grades weren't the best.
"If you'd seen my grades in chemistry.¤.¤." Rowling said. "That's why Snape teaches Potions."
Then, after the audience groaned, she said, "Don't say awwww! He deserved it! We can all think of teachers we'd like revenge on."
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"What did you personally learn from writing these books?" asked Emily Chen of Lusher Charter School.
"We could be here for three hours," Rowling said. "This has been 17 years of my life. I had three children during the time I was writing these books."
J.K. Rowling will hold two more readings on her U.S. tour, which ends tomorrow. Both readings, one for students and one for contest winners, will take place in Carnegie Hall in New York.
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10-18-2007, 10:26 PM
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| | Romanian Longhorn
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Aww... I wish I could meet her too.
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they're gonna try and tell me this wasn't, that none of this happened,
but you know what? It was real. It did happen.
We spent time here. We made friends here. That's a part of us.
Cause Hogwarts is bigger than any of us, of any of it's founders,
and it's going to be around long after we're gone.
Maybe we'll see our kids come here one day.
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10-18-2007, 10:58 PM
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| | Mackled Malaclaw
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That would be great to meet her. and Cho married a muggle? interesting
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10-18-2007, 11:03 PM
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| | Moke
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you know what? this makes meh mad..its my birthday, i live in nawlins, BUT I COULDNT GO...because i dunt go to a public school...well, oh wells is all i can say. im happy for those kids that could go. and im glad for that braille kid...aww thats sp sweet of her...hmm...GUR. lol
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10-18-2007, 11:23 PM
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| | Mackled Malaclaw
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Will she ever cast a spell in DC????????
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10-19-2007, 12:58 AM
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"That's why Snape teaches Potions."
*clings to Jo && Severus*
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10-19-2007, 02:33 AM
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| | Antipodean Opaleye
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Cho marries a muggle...lmao
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Wow!
Cho ... and a Muggle? O_o
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10-19-2007, 09:43 AM
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| | Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Jo leave the snape alone! LMAO
Aww that picture is lovley!
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10-19-2007, 09:50 AM
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| | Pygmy Puff
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Wow, she soounds like such an awesome person. Wish I could meet her. But then, I think we all do. | |
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10-19-2007, 10:05 AM
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| | Ashwinder
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10-19-2007, 01:50 PM
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| | Jarvey
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i wish i could meet JO
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10-19-2007, 03:22 PM
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| | Dugbog
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oh she is so sweet I would like to meet her too , well some day i have to go to england cuz she'll never come to my country
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10-19-2007, 04:32 PM
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| | Plimpy
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That's a lovely picture.
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10-19-2007, 07:11 PM
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| | Kneazle
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She is such a sweet person! That pictures is adorable and she's such a great person. <3
Cho marries a muggle ... interesting. And I love the background behind Snape 
I'd love to go for a reading with her because you could hear the voices and words as she hears them!
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10-19-2007, 07:12 PM
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| | Moke
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Mwaha, I got 57% on my last chemistry test.
I never expected Cho to marry a muggle...
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10-20-2007, 02:30 AM
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| | Puffskein
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Well she also created a bit of a storm for anyone who didn't live in Orleans Parish, and therefore wasn't even considered for a space at the reading. On one of our local webpages a prett good amount of angry parents lashed out at the fact that she confined the students strictly to the Orleans Parish school system. I think one of the mothers wrote something like "The look on my child's face when I told her that JK Rowling woould be coming to read in New Orleans was nothing compaared to the look on her face when she found out she wouldn't be able to go because she didn't live in Orleans Parish."
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10-20-2007, 06:03 AM
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I didn't know the books were available in Braille, great photo!
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10-20-2007, 06:15 AM
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| | Firecrab
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Thats awesome....I wish I could meet her to.Isnt it quite hard to read in brail....now imagine reading all the HP book in brail,that kid is impressive 
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10-23-2007, 02:22 PM
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How sweet! Wow...Cho married a Muggle. Very interesting.
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| !!!!Awesome!!!! Jobberknoll
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t would be so cool to ask her something
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