I first heard about Harry Potter when I was a middle school teacher 12 years ago. At the time, I was teaching English, and my students had very different ability levels. So, I made a deal with them. Every time I had 100% of my students finish their homework, I'd read to them. The same week I made that deal, we had a school book fair. I'd heard Harry Potter mentioned, so I bought the the first book "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." I figured … more
that's right, fools: this is the best modern literature of our tiiiiiiiiiime! soon its enchantments will fade another enveloping story shall emerge from the bubbling minds of our creatives, but until then, this remains timeless and beautiful. although, to be fair, book 5 was a little... sloppy.