Locals, like the rest of the world, love Harry Potter.
In fact, residents of Falls Church [Virginia] love “Harry Potter†so much, they pre-ordered more copies per capita of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows than any other city, topping Amazon.com’s list of top 100 “Harry-est Towns in America.†Amazon donated a $5,000 gift certificate to the Mary Riley Styles Public Library Foundation Trust of Falls Church.
Northern Virginia’s Fairfax and Vienna made the list at third and fourth, respectively, and the District [of Columbia] topped the 50 states as “Harry-est” jurisdiction.
Why are the books so successful? [J.K.] Rowling combined the British boarding school fiction genre with the classic “hero’s journey” tradition, mythology and orthodox Christian themes to create a compelling series that reminds many of the works of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. “Harry Potter” is thus a compelling series that will entertain and delight readers for generations.
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