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Title: good but not the best
Review: I have repeatedly read this book. It's an excellent book, with believable characters and a very fresh, imaginative plot. However, there is a lot of old ideas simply rewritten and compiled together. In fact, the whole series is like that. Sorcerer's Stone? Basilisk? Veela? A lot of these have been used and reused but not presented to a child audience. How clever. Also, the books seem to fall apart very easily. Not very well-made.In conclusion, a good read but not worthy of the Newberry Award, not only because of the unimaginative writing but also because the book was written and published in Britain.
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