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Katrina Elizabeth DiCamillo
Other names: Kate DiCamillo
Country: United States
Birth: Philadelphia, March 25, 1964

Known as Kate DiCamillo, a BA in English Literature from the University of Florida, he worked various jobs until 1994 when she began to write. Her stories have been made into movies in animated films.

Author of books for children, their stories are classic, fairies and fantasy, with a great sense of humor, moralizing. For his lack of production at the moment, has won numerous awards.

Novels
* Because of Winn-Dixie (2000)
* The Tiger Rising (2001)
* The Tale of Despereaux (2003)
* The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane (2006)
* The Magician’s Elephant (2009)
* Bink and Gollie (2010)

Early chapter books
* Mercy Watson to the Rescue (2005)
* Mercy Watson Fights Crime (2006)
* Mercy Watson Goes for a Ride (2006)
* Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise (2007)
* Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig (2008)
* Mercy Watson: Something Wonky This Way Comes (2009)

Picture books
* Louise, the Adventures of a Chicken (2008)
* Great Joy (2007)

Mitch Albom
Other Names: Mitchell David Albom
Country: United States
Birth: Passaic, May 23, 1958
Selected books
* Tuesdays with Morrie (2002)
* The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)
* For One More Day (2006)
* Have a Little Faith: A True Story (2009)

Mitchell David Albom name, graduated in sociology at Brandeis University in journalism at the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University and in Business Administration at the Graduate School of Business at the university. As a youth, he studied piano, and was during his time as a student working as a singer and pianist in various musical groups, both in America and Europe. It started in journalism at the Queens Tribune, later moving to the magazine Sport, specializing in sports journalism. He also worked for Sports Illustrated, GEO, and The Philadelphia Inquirer to become a sports columnist at The Fort Lauderdale News and Sun Sentinel and then in Detroit Free Press. He published his first book, a sports biography in 1989, followed by other sporting themes. In 1997, he published Tuesdays with Morrie, which led him to fame, becoming a TV movie and earning four Emmy Awards. He has worked and works as a radio announcer and partner in sports programs on television. He has also made inroads into the world of theater.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the sixth book published in the saga of Harry Potter. It was published by Bloomsbury in July 2005 under the name of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.

Author: JK Rowling
First Edition: June 16, 2005.
Original title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Dedication: To Mackenzie, my beautiful daughter, I dedicate this ink and paper twin.

With sixteen years old, Harry begins the sixth year at Hogwarts in the midst of terrible events that plague England. Elected captain of the Quidditch team, training, examinations and the girls spend all their time, but the peace is short lived. Despite the tight controls that protect the safety school, two students are brutally attacked.

Dumbledore knows that the time is approaching, heralded by prophecy, that Harry and Voldemort will face death: “The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches … One of the two must die at the hands of the other for any the two can live while the other alive. “The old director should seek the help of Harry and together they undertake hazardous journeys to try to weaken the enemy, for which the boy wizard will have the help of an old Potions book belonging to a mysterious prince, someone who calls himself Prince.

Fun Facts
A lot of rumors claimed that the sixth book is titled “The Pillar of Storgé” or “The Green Flame Torch.” JK Rowling was bored denied these rumors and tired.

The Muggle Prime Minister mentioned in the third book in the series, which appears in the sixth, coincides with the real prime minister who ruled during the chronological period in establishing the Harry Potter (1991-1997): John Major.

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is the fifth book published in the saga of Harry Potter. It was published by Bloomsbury in June 2003 under the name of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Author: JK Rowling
Cover illustration in Spanish: Dolores Avendaño
First Edition: June 21, 2003.
Original title: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Dedication: To Neil, Jessica and David, that make my world magical.

Tedious summer home of his uncles have not yet finished, and Harry is more restless than ever. Has hardly been heard from Ron and Hermione, and senses that something strange is happening at Hogwarts. In fact, when I finally started another course at the famous School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, their fears become reality.

The Ministry of Magic denies that Voldemort has returned and has started a smear campaign against Harry and Dumbledore, for which it has assigned to Professor Dolores Umbridge’s horrible task of monitoring their every move. Thus, in addition to feeling alone and misunderstood, Harry suspects that Voldemort can read his thoughts, and senses that the fearsome wizard tries to take control of a secret order that would allow it to recover its destructive power.
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