Article: Find your perfect Potter party: Bookstores, libraries and malls are gearing up with special events for the July 21 release of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.' Here are our top picks.

Byline: Molly Millett

Jul. 3--Back when Harry Potter was a new British import, the idea of keeping a bookstore open late to sell a book was laughable: "They were wondering if we would stay open until midnight -- you know, like with CDs, how they come out at midnight?" a Minneapolis children's bookstore employee said back in 1999, when the third book in J.K. Rowling's series was released. "Of course, we didn't. It was a school night!"

Fast-forward eight years and the Harry Potter midnight book-release party has become a tradition. Fans also can expect scavenger hunts, trivia games, costume contests and magic tricks for the July 21 release of "Harry ...

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