The Harry Potter series is not merely an expertly marketed piece of entertainment that is minting money off people's fantasies, but an intense emotional experience that has brought a generation and a half to its knees. Realism and common sense be thrown to the winds - many have harboured dreams of studying at Hogwarts, many want to know what flying on a broomstick above limitless moors feels like, and some want to meet the real Harry Potter, but above all, a lot are growing up feeling like Harry Potter, the boy who is different, brilliant, sensitive, famous, cared for - yet alone.
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