User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4131039-20110709142519

Harry Potter means everything to me, quite literally. When I was younger, I never leaned to read. I refused to listen to my teachers when they tried to teach me. Soon, I was going on ten years old and everyone was worried about my future. But one day my dad brought me home the first four Harry Potter books from a garage sale and I knew I finally wanted to learn to read. I struggled but slowly made it through the first book in a year. Then slowly read the entire series. After that, I was well above my reading level and have even gone on to write several of my own novels. Those same tattered Harry Potter books that gave me my life I have today are still sitting on my shelf where I can thank them every time I walk by.