Write a letter to a friend recommending your favourite book or
comic book for reading
Room 715, 8/F,
Happy Building, Happy alley,
Hong !ong "#land, Hong !ong
1$ %eptember, &''5
(ear )*ri#,
Ho+ are you t*e#e day#, (o you en-oy your #c*ool life, " am .uite
bu#y t*e#e day# becau#e " *ave more #c*ool+ork to do t*an before,
but " #till like reading #tory book# in my #pare time/ " borro+ed an
0ngli#* #tory book from t*e library la#t +eek and t*e book i# great/ "t
i# #o attractive and intere#ting/ 1et me introduce t*e book to you fir#t/
2*e book i# called Harry Potter.it I# a #erie# of #even fanta#y
novel# +ritten by t*e Briti#* aut*or 3/ !/ Ro+ling/ 2*e book#
c*ronicle t*e adventure# of a +i4ard, Harry 5otter, and *i#
friend# Ronald Wea#ley and Hermione 6ranger, all of +*om are
#tudent# at Hog+art# %c*ool of Witc*craft and Wi4ardry/ 2*e main
#tory concern# Harry7# .ue#t to overcome t*e (ark +i4ard 1ord
oldemort, +*o#e aim# are to become immortal, con.uer
t*e +i4arding +orld, #ub-ugate non8magical people, and de#troy all
t*o#e +*o #tand in *i# +ay, e#pecially Harry 5otter/
%ince t*e relea#e of t*e fir#t novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's
Stone on 9' 3une 1::7, t*e book# *ave gained immen#e popularity,
critical acclaim and commercial #ucce## +orld+ide/
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" *ope you can borro+ t*e book and en-oy reading/
=# " need to fini#* my *ome+ork, " *ave to go no+/ 5lea#e #end my
+arme#t regard# to your family/
Be#t +i#*e#,
=dy
Harry Potter i# a #erie# of #even fanta#y novel# +ritten by t*e Briti#*
aut*or 3/ !/ Ro+ling/ 2*e book# c*ronicle t*e adventure# of
a +i4ard, Harry 5otter, and *i# friend# Ronald Wea#ley and Hermione
6ranger, all of +*om are #tudent# at Hog+art# %c*ool of Witc*craft
and Wi4ardry/ 2*e main#tory arc concern# Harry7# .ue#t to overcome
t*e (ark +i4ard 1ord oldemort, +*o#e aim# are to become
immortal, con.uer t*e +i4arding +orld, #ub-ugate non8magical
people, and de#troy all t*o#e +*o #tand in *i# +ay, e#pecially Harry
5otter/
%ince t*e relea#e of t*e fir#t novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's
Stone on 9' 3une 1::7, t*e book# *ave gained immen#e popularity,
critical acclaim and commercial #ucce## +orld+ide/
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2*e #erie# *a# al#o *ad #ome #*are of critici#m, including concern for t*e
increa#ingly dark tone/ =# of 3une &'11, t*e book #erie# *a# #old about $5'
million copie#, making it t*e be#t8#elling book #erie# in *i#tory, and *a#
been tran#lated into >7 language#/
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2*e la#t four book# con#ecutively #et
record# a# t*e fa#te#t8#elling book# in *i#tory/
= #erie# of many genre#, including fanta#y and coming of age ?+it* element#
of my#tery, t*riller, adventure, and romance@, it *a# many cultural meaning# and
reference#/
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=ccording to Ro+ling, t*e main t*eme i# deat*/
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2*ere are
al#o many ot*er t*eme# in t*e #erie#, #uc* a# pre-udice and corruption/
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2*e initial ma-or publi#*er# of t*e book# +ere Bloom#bury in t*e Anited !ingdom
and %c*ola#tic 5re## in t*e Anited %tate#/ 2*e book# *ave #ince been publi#*ed
by many publi#*er# +orld+ide/ 2*e book#, +it* t*e #event* book #plit into t+o
part#, *ave been made into an eig*t8part film #erie#by Warner Bro#/ 5icture#,
t*e *ig*e#t8gro##ing film #erie# of all time/ 2*e #erie# al#o originated muc* tie8
in merc*andi#e, making t*e Harry Potterbrand +ort* in eBce## of C15 billion/
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=l#o due to t*e #ucce## of t*e book# and film#, Harry Potter *a# been u#ed
for a t*eme park, 2*e Wi4arding World of Harry 5otter in Aniver#al 5ark# D
Re#ort#7# "#land# of =dventure/
E=nne of t*e 6reen 6ableF/ "t i# a
cla##ical #tory +ritten by Gontgomery/ 2*e #etting of
t*e book i# a #mall village of )anada and it i# t*e life
#tory of =nne/ 2*e language i# fluent and t*e plot i#
+ell8planned/ 2*e #tory i# full of *umour and #u#pen#e
and #timulate# t*e reader# to t*ink/ =lt*oug* t*e #tory i# +ritten in #imple
0ngli#*, t*e p*ilo#op*y be*ind i# .uite difficult to under#tand/
" #trongly recommend t*i# #tory book to you becau#e " am #ure you can
learn a lot from t*e book/ =nne i# an optimi#tic and open8minded girl and +ould
never give up +*en #*e come# acro## difficultie#/ We #*ould learn *er attitude
of life/ =l#o, t*e #tory *a# been tran#lated into five language# and *a# al#o
been filmed recently/ " *ope you can borro+ t*e book and en-oy reading/
