First Prize
Published by Bloomsbury, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series is an all time favourite with young readers. The seventh and last book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows revolves around the three friends Ron, Hermione and Harry. One year after the death of the principal at Hogwarts, Harry, Ron and Hermione have a mission which will determine everyone’s fate. The protective charm which kept Harry alive is now broken as he reaches 17 years of age. Mysterious deaths and disappearances of Muggles (non-Magical people) are reported. The Ministry of Magic is under the control of the evil Voldemort and his death eaters, and Harry is the only one who can stop it. Voldemort who desperately seeks to finish off Harry launches an attack on Hogwarts. “It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death” was said by Albus Dumbledore. It is time to put it to the test as Harry Potter prepares to go one on one with Voldemort in the last stand.
Methasa Jayadeva,
Grade 9,
Vidura College, Colombo.