Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a great read for fans of the Harry Potter series craving more magical adventures. It explores the complexities of familial relationships and the pressure of living up to a famous legacy. This play-turned-script is a unique format that allows readers to imagine the action on stage.

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• Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for International Book (2017)
• Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy (2016)
• Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2016)

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on 30th July 2016.It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children.While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

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