Following on the big news from yesterday about the brand new 800 word prequel to events in the Harry Potter series, we now have some additional information about what the story will feature. According to the Guardian, we will be hearing more about the beloved Marauders, as the paper reports the story will feature “the fictional wizard’s father James and his friend Sirius Black in their younger years.” Newsround also has a small photo from the card, that shows the last line from J.K. Rowling that reads “From the prequel I am not working on – but that was fun!” Update: Thanks to Waterstone’s for providing us with this large preview of the last sentence from JKR as seen here in our galleries.
As we posted yesterday, this new Harry Potter prequel from author J.K. Rowling is contained on a special card that will be part of a charity auction to be held in London at Waterstone’s on June 10. The bookseller will then post the card (along with 12 other cards donated to the auction from authors such as Neil Gaiman and more) online, available for all to see on June 11. Also as we reported previously, this card then will be contained in a new book, which will go on sale in August and is NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDERhere via Waterstone’s. All proceeds from this event will benefit Dyslexia Action and English Pen.
Does anyone ever notice how well JKR chooses her words…?
She wrote: “From the prequel I am NOT working on”...
She didn’t say I’ll NEVER work on.
Maybe some day… (Sighs)
It’s about James & Sirius!
Well, Sirius is one of my three favorite characters (It’s causing me alot of pain to call Sirius a “Character” right now) in the whole series, so that’s great!
Maybe JKR will (Lets say…Oh, I don’t know, 5 years from now)
make a series of small books, like the size of the Goosebumps books, that will be more for younger kids…Lighter, more airy & fun…
& It could be all about James, Sirius, Remus & Peter (Well, Peter WAS one of the Marauders…) running amok around Hogwarts!
That’d be awesome! Does anyone agree?
Well I’ve preordered it! Hope I did it right since im in the US….Its a long wait to know for sure! And I don’t care how short it is. A good read is a good read!
"Nagini," said the cold voice, "you are out of luck. I will not be feeding Wormtail to you, after all... but never mind, never mind... there is still Harry Potter..."[br]The snake hissed. Harry could see its tongue fluttering.
Yay, Marauders! I can’t wait to see this =D!