User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4141486-20110713015853

Harry Potter is so much bigger than it appears on the surface. It's not just a story about a boy wizard. It's a story about the triumph of good and the ability of each of us to control our destinies by making the right choices. It's a story about the harmful effects of discrimination of all kinds. It's a story about friendship and loyalty and, above all else, love.

And now, it's also a story about how millions of people around the world are capable of joining together to celebrate something. How one young man with a scar on his forehead can captivate the world and bring us together in a unique way. It's about community and relationships and critical thinking and reading and so much more.

After all this time, it continues to astonish me in every way. Thank you, Jo Rowling. And thank you to every other person out there who has become part of this story.