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Submitted by Nick, Age 9 from New York

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it is awesome

Submitted by Grace, Age 10 from California

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This book was my favorite book out of the first three. It has a lot of mystery which Harry finds out by his self, and, of course in the end he meets up with the person everyones been scared of that year. It was a really good book!

From Star Wars to summer reading, from Twitter to a trial, from origami to Azkaban… we’ve got it all in our latest podcast! So get ready to journey from the wilderness to judge’s chambers to Hogwarts and back — and if you’re missing any of this, well, Karen has a message for you, also in the podcast. (Sneak preview: She thinks you have NO GOOD EXCUSE.)

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• Karen’s book review: The Silver Crown by Robert C. O’Brien
• Nancy’s book review: Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham
• A review from YOU: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
• Are you busy? We. Don’t. Care.

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Submitted by Whitney, Age 11 from Missouri

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The book was so awesome and so long I had to read it at least 28 times before I memorized it.I loved how Sirius Black was more awesome than Harry Potter.

I admit it — I’m way past 11 years old, but when I receive something in the mail, I sometimes still wish it were a letter from Hogwarts. Sadly, it’s mostly bills. If you’re also mourning the non-existence of your Hogwarts letter, the next best thing could be a letter from the woman who started it all — J.K. Rowling!

In 1998, a boy named Thomas wrote Rowling to wish her luck on an award she was up for. She did not win, but she graciously wrote back. Check it out! (Transcript re-typed below image)

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Edinburgh
11th April 1998

Dear Thomas,

Thank you very much indeed for your card wishing me luck in the Guardian Children’s Fiction competition. Unfortunately, I didn’t win — a writer called Henrietta Branford did. But she’s very nice, so I smiled bravely and said “Congratulations” and tried to look as though I didn’t mind at all.

I am very flattered indeed to hear that “Harry Potter” is the best book you have ever read. There will be seven Harry Potter books altogether, and the second one (“Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”) will be in the shops at the start of July.,

Thank you again for writing. (Your handwriting is excellent, by the way).

Yours sincerely,

J. K. Rowling (Jo)

A-MAZ-ING! That was the handwriting that composed the life, times, and trials of Harry Potter! And even cooler — Thomas, clearly a huge Harry Potter fan, found out personally that there would be seven books in total in the Harry Potter series. Again… A-MAZ-ING!

A lot of authors have mailboxes specifically for fan mail, and some have their publishers accept letters on their behalf. So pick up a pen, pencil, or keyboard today and start writing to your favorite authors… you never know, they might write back! (And possibly eventually become the most famous author in the world).

— Nancy

Nancy admits the title of this blog post might be a little misleading, but hey — J.K.Rowling DID write SOMEONE a letter (in 1998), right?

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Source: Letters of Note, an awesome website that posts fascinating correspondence.

If you’re as big a Harry Potter fan as we are, then you probably followed the relatively recent announcement about J.K. Rowling’s next book. And if you’re as big a Harry Potter fan as we are, then you probably curled into a ball and cried when you learned that the book’s going to be for grown-ups — potentially a crime novel set in Edinburgh.

Well, you can stop your weeping now because today, Rowling released more details about the story, and while it’s still for adults, the book should satisfy her existing fans as well, thanks to its main characters: grown-up Harry, Ron, and Hermione!

That’s right, Rowling has re-imagined our favorite wizarding students as adult detectives, solving dark-magic crimes in modern-day Edinburgh!

Harry, of course, is an auror — but he masquerades as a Muggle so that he can also work at Scotland Yard. For reasons obvious to us, he has a reputation among his non-magical co-workers for solving the most mysterious cases in a strangely short time. And if that has them baffled, it’s nothing compared to their confusion over why Harry insists on keeping a somewhat bumbling Ron around as his partner. But his colleagues all understand why Harry maintains a good relationship with Hermione, whom Muggles know as a prominent government lawyer. Little do they know that she also heads up the Department of Magical Law Enforcement!

Will grown-up Neville, Luna, and Ginny play a role in the adventure? Will this be a new series? When does the book come out? Unfortunately, I don’t know the answers to any of those questions. The only other thing I can say is…

GOTCHA!

Happy April Fools’ Day from Kidsmomo!

— Karen

Karen wishes with all her heart that J.K. Rowling would write this book. But since that’s unlikely, Karen will just have to put on the International Quidditch Association T-shirt that she wears as pajamas, and hope that she dreams about Harry and friends…

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Submitted by Celina, Age 10 from Georgia

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is an exciting adventure. In the book, Harry, Ron, and Hermione struggle to find Voldemort’s horcruxes. Dumbledore is now dead, leaving the location of the horcruxes a mystery. Where are the horcruxes? Will Harry suceed in finding the Deathly Hallows? Will Voldemort suceed in killing Harry and take over wizards and witches? Read this amazing book to find out.

Here it is… our very first podcast of 2012! Yaaaaaaaaaaay! Throw the confetti! Blow on your noisemaker! Welcome a new year of awesome-sauce Kidsmomo podcasts!

Btw, our new year’s resolution is to be more humble. How do you think we’re doing so far?

Anyway, let’s not delay the podcast any further. In this edition: Karen sings, we discuss sibling rivalry, and we share a VERY enthusiastic kid-submitted book review.

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• Karen sings; are you listening?
  
• Karen’s book review: The Lemonade War by Jacqueline Davies
• Nancy’s book review: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
• A review from YOU: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
• Exclamation marks!!!!!!!

And don’t forget: write in with a book review below. We’ll feature a kid review in our next podcast!

— Karen and Nancy

Okay, I have a confession to make: I meant to write this post earlier — but I’ve been too busy exploring Pottermore!

A few months ago, Nancy posted as much about Pottermore as we knew at the time: Upcoming website for Harry Potter fans. New tidbits from J.K. Rowling. Beautiful illustrations taking you through the story. And… well, that’s about all we knew.

But now we’re lucky enough to have early access to Pottemore before the site is available to the public next month! Along with 999,998 other fervent fans, we sat vigil at our computers for a week in August, hoping to get spots as Pottermore beta testers. And our obsession dedication paid off!

So for the past few days, we’ve been running around the grounds of Hogwarts and neglecting our real-life responsibilities… such as writing blog posts for Kidsmomo! And I can’t speak for Nancy, but I’ve even been putting off bathroom breaks as long as possible! Uh, is that TMI? Sorry, but it’s the truth!

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It seems that getting only five hours of sleep is going to be a regular thing here at LeakyCon, so it’s a good thing that Day 3 kicked off with a high-energy stage musical!

Depicting the Final Battle for Hogwarts, this theatrical spectacle actually moved both of us to tears. After last night’s cry-fest during Deathly Hallows Part 2, it’s a surprise we had any tears left in us!

The afternoon was more chill. First, we attended a workshop to make our own Monster Book of Monsters book cover:

We spent the rest of the day in a screening of a different Harry Potter musical and at a presentation about the new Pottermore website (sorry, we’ve been sworn to secrecy on the details).

In anticipation of the night’s wizard rock concert, Karen wore her Harry and the Potters t-shirt today:

And we noticed lots of others showing their Hogwarts pride through t-shirts as well:

And now, if you’ll excuse us, we must rest because we just got back from the wizard rock show, where we danced like we’d been hit by the Jelly-Legs Jinx. Stay tuned for coverage on Kidsmomo!

— Nancy (Ravenclaw) and Karen (Hufflepuff)

Btw: Karen works at Scholastic and Nancy used to work there, but our jobs are not connected to LeakyCon, sadly. We’re attending for our own enjoyment — and yours — as the ridiculous fans that we are.