num_pages: 607
description: It is the middle of the summer, but there is an unseasonal mist pressing against the windowpanes. Harry Potter is waiting nervously in his bedroom at the Dursleys' house in Privet Drive for a visit from Professor Dumbledore himself. One of the last times he saw the Headmaster was in a fierce-one-to-one duel with Dumbledore with Lord Voldemort, and Harry can't quite believe that Professor Dumbledore will actually appear at the Dursleys' of all places. Why is the professor coming to visit him now? What is it that cannot wait until Harry returns to Hogwarts in a few weeks' time? Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts has already got off to an unusual start, as the worlds of Muggle and magic start to intertwine ...J.K. Rowling charts Harry Potter's latest adventures in his sixth year at Hogwarts with consummates skill and in breathtaking fashion.
language: English
title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
titlecomplete: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
characters: Draco Malfoy, Romilda Vane, Lord Voldemort, Luna Lovegood, Fred Weasley, Vernon Dursley, Neville Longbottom, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, Bellatrix Lestrange, George Weasley, Fleur Delacour, Dudley Dursley, Kreacher, Cornelius Fudge, Narcissa Malfoy, Nymphadora Tonks, Peter Pettigrew, Molly Weasley, Arthur Weasley, Horace Slughorn, Harry Potter, Bill Weasley, Petunia Dursley, Albus Dumbledore, Madam Malkin
genres: Middle Grade, Audiobook, Young Adult, Childrens, Classics, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Magic, Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 3135880
places: England, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
series: Harry Potter
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Young Adult Novel, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Audie Award
category: Audiobook of the Year, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: The Quill Award
category: Book of the Year, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: British Book of the Year
publisher: Raincoast Books