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Article: NO KIDDING AROUND HARRY POTTER CASTS SPELL ON ADUT READERS, TOO.(ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2005
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Byline: Aaron R. Conklin For the State Journal
About four years ago, Jami DeQuardo of Cross Plains was like a lot of muggle-minded adults - she heard of Harry Potter, the lightning-scarred boy wizard, but she didn't read J.K. Rowling's best-selling books.
That's when a relative gave her a spare copy of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." Within two weeks, DeQuardo finished the opening installment, then the bulky second, third and fourth books, too. For two years, she eagerly awaited the fifth one's 2003 release.
"That's where a lot of people get trapped," DeQuardo says, "because they find this wonderful world J.K. Rowling created and they ...
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