Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
By: by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations by Mary GrandPré.
Contributors: GrandPré, Mary, ill.
Edition: 1st American ed. (23)
Series: Harry Potter, #6
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
Published: 2005-07
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 652
ISBN-13: 9780439784542
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: Wizards -- Fiction; Magic -- Fiction; Schools -- Fiction; England -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
First sentence: It was nearing midnight and the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his office, reading a long memo that was slipping through his brain without leaving the slightest trace of meaning behind.
Description: The war against Voldemort is not going well: even Muggle governments are noticing. Ron scans the obituary pages of The Daily Prophet looking for familiar names. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. 

And yet …

As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate, and lose a few eyebrows in the process. The Weasley twins expand their business. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes are never straightforward, though Harry receives some extraordinary help from the mysterious Half-Blood Prince.

So it's the home front that takes center stage in the multilayered sixth installment of the story of Harry Potter. Here at Hogwart's , Harry will search for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort - and thereby find what may be his only vulnerability.

--front flap
Notes: "Year 6"--Spine.
Sequel to: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Table of contents: title: The other minister -- Spinner's end -- Will and won't -- Horace Slughorn -- An excess of phlegm -- Draco's detour -- The Slug Club -- Snape victorious -- The half-blood prince -- The House of Gaunt -- Hermione's helping hand -- Silver and opals -- The secret riddle -- Felix Felicis -- The unbreakable vow -- A very frosty Christmas -- A sluggish memory -- Birthday surprises -- Elf tails -- Lord Voldemort's request -- The unknowable room -- After the burial -- Horcruxes -- Sectumsempra -- The seer overheard -- The cave -- The lightning-struck tower -- Flight of the prince -- The phoenix lament -- The white tomb