Publication date set for final Harry Potter book

Harry Potter fans worldwide are looking forward to July 21, 2007, with a mixture of anticipation and dread. Anticipation because July 21 has been set as the publication date of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Dread because author J.K. Rowling has said that two characters will be killed off in Book 7 of the series, which has sold more than 325 million copies in 64 languages. July will be a busy month for Harry Potter fans; the fifth film in the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is scheduled to come out on July 13.

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