The scene is set in King’s Cross station 19 years later. “Deathly Hallows” ends with a controversial epilogue that some readers felt was a perfect way to conclude the series, while others thought it detracted from everything in the preceding books. Twin Cities bookstores are hosting midnight -release release parties, with celebrations starting late Saturday night. Thorne’s play opens in London’s West End on Saturday, when the book/script is published in the U.S. Harry’s adventures continue into the next generation in “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two,” a special rehearsal edition of the script of a new play based on an original story by Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” (2007) ended with the words “the scar had not pained Harry for nineteen years. That kind of excitement continued until the final book (or so we thought). Youngsters were so excited they sat down wherever they were and started to read as soon as they got their copy. Some 1,500 waited outside the Barnes & Noble at Mall of America. The storm was still raging at midnight, but that didn’t stop thousands of young Potter fans and their parents from attending bookstores’ midnight-release parties. Rowling’s wildly anticipated “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” fourth in her series about a boy wizard with a lightning bolt scar that had mesmerized fans since the first book, “Harry Porter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” was published in 1998. It was pouring so hard we couldn’t see through the windshield as we drove to Micawber’s Books to pick up a copy of J.K. There was a terrific storm in the Twin Cities on July 7, 2000.
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