Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons?
by Nancy Solon Villaluz

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You've never delved into Harry Potter like this!
In summer 2007, the collective tension was palpable. One by one, legions of breathless fans reached the bittersweet end of the Harry Potter series: rewarded for years of patience, yet experiencing odd combinations of understanding and bewilderment, relief and grief, satisfaction with ravenous pining, and often wondering, 'Is that really all there is?'

Well.... That just depends on how you look at it.

While J.K. Rowling confirmed that her Harry Potter series has concluded, she also expressed her intent that the Harry Potter books not be fully understood at first reading: not at all. Considering Rowling's cleverness, it would be sad - and also wrong - to think that now knowing the crescendo of events in Deathly Hallows' Chapters 32-36 also means we've fully deciphered absolutely everything in the preceding 4000 pages. Far from it! Beyond the humor, adventure, snogging, red herrings, and even the deaths, Rowling's many-layered series still contains veiled intricacies and misunderstood themes eagerly waiting to be savored with fresh insight. Many of Harry's greatest accomplishments and secrets remain virtually unnoticed by multitudes... even some of Rowling's brightest fans. Of course, that isn't an insult to the fans, but a compliment to the genius of Harry's author.

J.K. Rowling has scattered a myriad of clues that, bit by bit, illuminate the complex mosaic of Harry's secrets and fly in the face of various criticisms. The problem is that this growing plethora of hints could take years of research and study.

Not to worry.

A Harry Potter fan herself since 1999, author Nancy Solon Villaluz spent five years doing exactly that: fervently researching and writing her compelling new commentary on Rowling's Harry Potter series, 'Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons?' Inside you will plunge into a challenging, in-depth analysis of all seven (7) of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, her companion books, and her influences.

Dull? Never! Bring your imagination along as the unique narrative of Does Harry Potter Tickle Sleeping Dragons? leaves the typical model of dry study and insightfully takes readers on a thought-provoking metaphorical journey of literary exploration. Travel paths, dodge dragons, and have tea in this witty nonfiction commentary as you daringly tackle the deeper mysteries of Hogwarts 'Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus' (Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon) school motto, examine oodles of compelling evidence, and are guided beyond the warm shallows of J.K. Rowling's world into the hidden depths of Harry's richness. Many will be stunned by the scholarly discoveries within, others might even be offended; but how many could possibly suspect the veritable banquet quietly lingering right in Harry's own pages...just waiting for anyone brave enough to approach the Sleeping Dragons' lair.

Do you dare come along?

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EXCERPT FROM THE HARD COVER DUST JACKET:
'...Always true to Ms. Rowling's texts and interviews, this adventurous expert-level commentary takes readers on a compelling, witty, and intensely challenging exploration of the Harry Potter series. Rather than rushed conjectures and opinions, you will instead feast on the fruit of 5 years of passionate research and accurately honed insights wrought by a patient author who first let J.K. Rowling finish telling her tale.

Inside, a journey awaits in which you will discover how a school motto, clandestine faith, and a bunch of books for kids have accomplished the unimaginable. So surprising is the evidence within these pages, that even Harry's most devoted fans may find the need to go back afresh and delight in reading Rowling's Harry Potter epic again...for the first time.'
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