The Last Book in the Harry Potter Series

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This is a contemporary British teen magic school story, an NPR review by Amal El-Motor says. The whole book is set in Simon Snow's final year at the Watford School,. And wouldn't you know, the sun never sets on the Union Jack? "The magical world is in a crisis and it's happening in England"

This novel about a wizarding school and its teen magicians feels like the finale of a series that you've heard about but haven't read. Which is...sort of the point? Born out of an in-universe work of fan fiction from a different Rowell novel, Carry On provides a great opportunity to dig into what helps a story inspired by another story succeed.

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