User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4142984-20110713144729

Harry Potter, for me, was an escape. My mom had died a few years before Sorcerer's Stone came out, and I had just moved to a new town. I was lonely and didn't have a lot of friends. Harry Potter gave me friends. Harry, Ron, Hermione and all the characters were my new friends. I could not put the book down. It took me to such a magical place that I had never been to before. My eyes were opened up to something fantastic and I didn't want it to end. It was beyond just a children's book. It was a whole new world to explore. It really is its own world. The detail and imagination put into these books make it a world that one can escape to, and be a part of. To me, Harry Potter was a saviour, a companion through hard times. I've read each book at least five times each, and every time I learn something new. I grew up and matured with Harry. I had never cried at a book before reading HP. I will never be the same thanks to HP. I am a happier, more imaginative person thanks to these stories and they will forever be in my heart.