If you don’t know Harry Potter, the most popular wizard in the world, you are lag far behind. The Harry Potter series are the most popular and eagerly awaited books all over the world in the past decade. The Harry Potter series which enrapture millions of readers are one of the few books adored by both parents and children.

J.K. Rowling, the mother of Harry Potter deserves all the plaudits and praise heaped upon her, because anyone reading Harry Potter series will be gripped by the funny, humorous, imaginative and of course magic storylines of J.K Rowling’s. The series including 7 books and stories, and the 7^th and the last book is expected to be unleashed in 2007, capping a-decade storytelling. The finished 6 books are fantastic stories featuring Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione, their adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and the feud between Harry and Voldemort who is one of the most sinister and horrible villains in the English literature.

The story begins with Voldemort’s murder of Harry’s parents but strangely he failed to kill the only one year old baby Harry with a terrible and deadly magic curse. The failure was fatal to Voldemort, because the curse rebounded and nearly killed him. He was depraved of his body, but he was alive in the form between ghosts and human, which was more terrible. Since then he wanted to kill Harry and rise again, which caused several people die, but Harry escaped each time. When he really rose again, the wizard world and muggle (non-magic people just like us) world were once again full of murders and dread as before he had fallen down. In book V J.K Rowling revealed that there was a prophecy foreboding that Harry and Voldemort are destined to kill one another. So Harry’s destiny is to kill Voldemort to revenge his parents and other victims or to be killed by Voldemort.

The series are fast, dark, exciting and full of suspense. There is not one dull page and the plot fits together like a “wondrous jigsaw”. J.K. Rowling’s imagination, scholarship in myth and wizard history and her classic narration make the story enchanting and bewitching, just like magic in the books. With her power of demanding and thrilling storytelling, J.K. Rowling always surprises and delights us for the breathtaking and thrilling adventures of Harry and his friends. The story trails through the test, all kinds of magic, terrific creatures, chills, and many humorous and excellent characters. J.K Rowling skillfully waves and unravels the complex web trailing through the story, which hooks all her readers. Though the story is dark, it is a story about love and friendship instead of hatred and revenge.

The Harry Potter series are written in native English and in a classic narrative way, so it’s a wonderful book for all English learners to read. You can experience the magic of imagination and pleasure of reading while learn native English. If you are hungry to discover what happens next, then you are a captive of the engaging of Harry Potter.