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(The only series that comes close is the manga One Piece, first published in 1997.) It is clear that the world which J.K. There are also The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy (1974-2018), Diana Wynne Jones’s Chrestomanci chronicles (1977-2006), Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series (1983-2015) and Anthony Horowitz’s Groosham Grange (1988).Īlthough all these books are much loved, in terms of sales the Harry Potter series has no rival. Eva Ibbotson’s The Secret of Platform 13 (1994) features a forgotten door at King’s Cross station which is the entrance to a magical kingdom, and a protagonist being raised in the normal world by a family that doesn’t treat him well. Le Guin (1968) a boy is sent to a wizard school where he meets an aristocratic rival. For example, The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper (1973) features a boy who on his eleventh birthday discovers that he has magical powers, and as the last guardian of the Light must vanquish the terrifying evil of the Dark. After all, Harry Potter was not the first book about a young wizard or life at a magical boarding school. Those in industries such as tourism and merchandising happily go with the lucrative flow, but others have sometimes wondered what all the fuss is about. Soon there was a trend in book-to-film franchises for children and young adults. Even excluding Harry Potter, sales of children’s books started to grow as publishers invested more in new writers and in crossover books read by both children and adults. The publishing sensation that followed is credited with getting children back into reading. When Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone came out (having famously first been rejected by a dozen publishers), the children’s book publishing industry was in decline, as was the adult fantasy book market.

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